[2.0.x] Fixed #30070, CVE-2019-3498 -- Fixed content spoofing possiblity in the default 404 page.

Co-Authored-By: Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>
Backport of 1ecc0a395b from master.

django/views/defaults.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from urllib.parse import quote
+
 from django.http import (
     HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponseNotFound,
     HttpResponseServerError,
@@ -22,7 +24,8 @@ def page_not_found(request, exception, template_name=ERROR_404_TEMPLATE_NAME):
     Templates: :template:`404.html`
     Context:
         request_path
-            The path of the requested URL (e.g., '/app/pages/bad_page/')
+            The path of the requested URL (e.g., '/app/pages/bad_page/'). It's
+            quoted to prevent a content injection attack.
         exception
             The message from the exception which triggered the 404 (if one was
             supplied), or the exception class name
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ def page_not_found(request, exception, template_name=ERROR_404_TEMPLATE_NAME):
         if isinstance(message, str):
             exception_repr = message
     context = {
-        'request_path': request.path,
+        'request_path': quote(request.path),
         'exception': exception_repr,
     }
     try:
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ def page_not_found(request, exception, template_name=ERROR_404_TEMPLATE_NAME):
             raise
         template = Engine().from_string(
             '<h1>Not Found</h1>'
-            '<p>The requested URL {{ request_path }} was not found on this server.</p>')
+            '<p>The requested resource was not found on this server.</p>')
         body = template.render(Context(context))
         content_type = 'text/html'
     return HttpResponseNotFound(body, content_type=content_type)

docs/releases/1.11.18.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+============================
+Django 1.11.18 release notes
+============================
+
+*January 4, 2019*
+
+Django 1.11.18 fixes a security issue in 1.11.17.
+
+CVE-2019-3498: Content spoofing possibility in the default 404 page
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+An attacker could craft a malicious URL that could make spoofed content appear
+on the default page generated by the ``django.views.defaults.page_not_found()``
+view.
+
+The URL path is no longer displayed in the default 404 template and the
+``request_path`` context variable is now quoted to fix the issue for custom
+templates that use the path.

docs/releases/2.0.10.txt

@@ -2,9 +2,20 @@
 Django 2.0.10 release notes
 ===========================
 
-*Release date TBD*
+*January 4, 2019*
 
-Django 2.0.10 fixes several bugs in 2.0.9.
+Django 2.0.10 fixes a security issue and several bugs in 2.0.9.
+
+CVE-2019-3498: Content spoofing possibility in the default 404 page
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+An attacker could craft a malicious URL that could make spoofed content appear
+on the default page generated by the ``django.views.defaults.page_not_found()``
+view.
+
+The URL path is no longer displayed in the default 404 template and the
+``request_path`` context variable is now quoted to fix the issue for custom
+templates that use the path.
 
 Bugfixes
 ========

docs/releases/index.txt

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ versions of the documentation contain the release notes for any later releases.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   1.11.18
    1.11.17
    1.11.16
    1.11.15

tests/handlers/tests.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 import unittest
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:  # Python < 3.5
     HTTPStatus = None
 
+PY37 = sys.version_info >= (3, 7, 0)
+
 
 class HandlerTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
@@ -167,16 +170,17 @@ class HandlerRequestTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def test_invalid_urls(self):
         response = self.client.get('~%A9helloworld')
-        self.assertContains(response, '~%A9helloworld', status_code=404)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
+        self.assertEqual(response.context['request_path'], '/~%25A9helloworld' if PY37 else '/%7E%25A9helloworld')
 
         response = self.client.get('d%aao%aaw%aan%aal%aao%aaa%aad%aa/')
-        self.assertContains(response, 'd%AAo%AAw%AAn%AAl%AAo%AAa%AAd%AA', status_code=404)
+        self.assertEqual(response.context['request_path'], '/d%25AAo%25AAw%25AAn%25AAl%25AAo%25AAa%25AAd%25AA')
 
         response = self.client.get('/%E2%99%E2%99%A5/')
-        self.assertContains(response, '%E2%99\u2665', status_code=404)
+        self.assertEqual(response.context['request_path'], '/%25E2%2599%E2%99%A5/')
 
         response = self.client.get('/%E2%98%8E%E2%A9%E2%99%A5/')
-        self.assertContains(response, '\u260e%E2%A9\u2665', status_code=404)
+        self.assertEqual(response.context['request_path'], '/%E2%98%8E%25E2%25A9%E2%99%A5/')
 
     def test_environ_path_info_type(self):
         environ = RequestFactory().get('/%E2%A8%87%87%A5%E2%A8%A0').environ