Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2915-1 High: Django Remote Attack Issues

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March 1, 2016

Several security issues were fixed in Django.

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)

Topics Covered

security advisory high severity remote attack ubuntu python-django

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.