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Unscored USN-2915-2 0 CVEs

python-django regression

Published Mar 7, 2016 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

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)

Fixed packages 1

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

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1553251