USN-2915-2: Django regression
USN-2915-2: Django regression Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2915-2 7th March, 2016 python-django regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 15.10 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary USN-2915-1 introduced a regression in Django. Software description python-django – High-level Python web development framework Details USN-2915-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Django. The upstream fix forCVE-2016-2512 introduced a regression for certain applications. This updatefixes the problem. Original advisory 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 [ more… ]
