Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-django package, versions <1.8.7-1ubuntu5.8
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- published11 Feb 2019
- disclosed11 Feb 2019
Introduced: 11 Feb 2019
CVE-2019-6975 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 python-django to version 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.8 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Django 1.11.x before 1.11.19, 2.0.x before 2.0.11, and 2.1.x before 2.1.6 allows Uncontrolled Memory Consumption via a malicious attacker-supplied value to the django.utils.numberformat.format() function.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-6975
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/10
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6975
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4476
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6975
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66WMXHGBXD7GSM3PEXVCMCAGLMQYHZCU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVXDOVCXLD74SHR2BENGCE2OOYYYWJHZ/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-announce/WTwEAprR0IQ
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/feb/11/security-releases/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/02/11/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106964
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3890-1/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/django-announce/WTwEAprR0IQ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66WMXHGBXD7GSM3PEXVCMCAGLMQYHZCU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVXDOVCXLD74SHR2BENGCE2OOYYYWJHZ/