Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-django package, versions <1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.06% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-PYTHONDJANGO-336999
  • published11 Feb 2019
  • disclosed11 Feb 2019

Introduced: 11 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-6975  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 python-django to version 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.3 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:18.04 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.