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Ubuntu 15.10 LTS & 14.04 LTS USN-2915-3 Moderate: Django Regression Fix

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Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-2915-4 provides crucial updates to address a Django issue impacting various versions.
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 by applying the complete upstream regression fix.

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 security issue cross-site scripting Ubuntu regression fix python-django Django

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  python-django                   1.7.9-1ubuntu5.4
  python3-django                  1.7.9-1ubuntu5.4

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1.6.1-2ubuntu0.14

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2915-3

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

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

March 07, 2016

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue cross-site scripting Ubuntu regression fix python-django Django

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.7.9-1ubuntu5.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.6.1-2ubuntu0.14

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