Executive Summary



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Summary
Title Django vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-2915-1 First vendor Publication 2016-03-01
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2016-03-01
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Django.

Software Description: - 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 LTS:
python-django 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.12

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
python-django 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.20

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2915-1
CVE-2016-2512, CVE-2016-2513

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.7.9-1ubuntu5.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.6.1-2ubuntu0.12
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.3.1-4ubuntu1.20

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-200 Information Exposure
50 % CWE-79 Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 4

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-04-08 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3544.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-11183ea08d.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-b004d6d8f7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-08 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_f9e6c0d1e4cc11e5b2bd002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-08 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-2915-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-08 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-2915-3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-02 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-2915-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2016-04-12 00:30:58
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2016-04-08 21:28:45
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2016-03-09 13:25:54
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2016-03-03 13:23:26
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2016-03-01 21:29:59
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2016-03-01 21:24:58
  • First insertion