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Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2915-2 Critical: Django Regression Attack

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Calendar Grey March 7, 2016
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Rectifies a vulnerability in Django associated with USN-2915-1 for Ubuntu versions. Urgent security concern addressed.
USN-2915-1 introduced a regression in Django.

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 for

CVE-2016-2512 introduced a regression for certain applications. This update

fixes 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)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical cross-site scripting ubuntu regression python-django

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  python-django                   1.7.9-1ubuntu5.3
  python3-django                  1.7.9-1ubuntu5.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1.6.1-2ubuntu0.13

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2915-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2915-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/+bug/1553251

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical cross-site scripting ubuntu regression python-django

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.7.9-1ubuntu5.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.6.1-2ubuntu0.13

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