Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting python-django package, versions <1:1.11.22-1ubuntu1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.51% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-PYTHONDJANGO-5492791
  • published1 Aug 2019
  • disclosed2 Aug 2019

Introduced: 1 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-14235  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 python-django to version 1:1.11.22-1ubuntu1 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:20.04 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.