vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-2915-2: Django regression
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Mar 7, 2016 | Mar 8, 2016 | Feb 19, 2025 |
Description
USN-2915-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Django. The upstream fix for CVE-2016-2512introduced 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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