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[USN-2915-1] Django vulnerabilities

Posted on 01 March 2016
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2915-1
March 01, 2016

python-django vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Django.

Software Description:
- python-django: High-level Python web development framework

Details:

Mark Striemer discovered that Django incorrectly handled user-supplied
redirect URLs containing basic authentication credentials. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cross-site scripting
attack or a malicious redirect. (CVE-2016-2512)

Sjoerd Job Postmus discovered that Django incorrectly handled timing when=

doing password hashing operations. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to perform user enumeration. (CVE-2016-2513)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10:
python-django 1.7.9-1ubuntu5.2
python3-django 1.7.9-1ubuntu5.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
python-django 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.12

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
python-django 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.20

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.=


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2915-1
CVE-2016-2512, CVE-2016-2513

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.7.9-1ubuntu5.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.6.1-2ubuntu0.12
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.3.1-4ubuntu1.20

 

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