Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Django regression (USN-2915-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 89732

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2915-2 advisory.

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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python-django package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 89732

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2915-2.nasl

Version: 2.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 3/8/2016

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2016

Reference Information

USN: 2915-2

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