USN-2915-1

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USN-2915-1

Summary: python-django vulnerabilities

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)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2915-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2512, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2513