Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting python-django package, versions <2:2.2.4-1


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.36% (90th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PYTHONDJANGO-456443
  • published 1 Aug 2019
  • disclosed 2 Aug 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable python-django to version 2:2.2.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-django package and not the python-django package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. If passed certain inputs, django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri could lead to significant memory usage due to a recursion when repercent-encoding invalid UTF-8 octet sequences.