django/docs/releases/1.4.7.txt

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Django 1.4.7 release notes
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*September 10, 2013*

Django 1.4.7 fixes one security issue present in previous Django releases in
the 1.4 series.

Directory traversal vulnerability in :ttag:`ssi` template tag
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In previous versions of Django it was possible to bypass the
:setting:`ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS` setting used for security with the :ttag:`ssi`
template tag by specifying a relative path that starts with one of the allowed
roots. For example, if ``ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS = ("/var/www",)`` the following
would be possible:

.. code-block:: html+django

    {% ssi "/var/www/../../etc/passwd" %}

In practice this is not a very common problem, as it would require the template
author to put the :ttag:`ssi` file in a user-controlled variable, but it's
possible in principle.