CVE-2016-2512

NameCVE-2016-2512
DescriptionThe utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks or possibly conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a URL containing basic authentication, as demonstrated by http://mysite.example.com\@attacker.com.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3544-1
Debian Bugs816434

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python-django (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)3:3.2.19-1+deb12u1fixed
trixie3:4.2.16-1fixed
sid3:4.2.17-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python-djangosourcewheezy1.4.5-1+deb7u16DSA-3544-1
python-djangosourcejessie1.7.7-1+deb8u4DSA-3544-1
python-djangosource(unstable)1.9.4-1816434

Notes

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/

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