CVE-2012-3442 Information

Description

The (1) django.http.HttpResponseRedirect and (2) django.http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect classes in Django before 1.3.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 do not validate the scheme of a redirect target which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a data: URL.

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/