Ubuntu: USN-4786-1 Urgent: Ruby-on-Rails Security Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-2512

Mark Striemer discovered that some user-supplied redirect URLs
containing basic authentication credentials are incorrectly handled,
potentially allowing a remote attacker to perform a malicious
redirect or a cross-site scripting attack.

CVE-2016-2513

Sjoerd Job Postmus discovered that Django allows user enumeration
through timing difference on password hasher work factor upgrades.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.4.5-1+deb7u16.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.7.7-1+deb8u4.

For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.9.4-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.9.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debi...