USN-2915-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2512)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-03-01 18:35 – Updated: 2026-02-10 04:40 – Source website
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Summary
python-django vulnerabilities
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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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  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:40:57Z",
  "published": "2016-03-01T18:35:12Z",
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