USN-2915-1: Django vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 15.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• 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)

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

• python-django - 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.12

Ubuntu 12.04

• python-django - 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.20

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

References

• CVE-2016-2512
• CVE-2016-2513