Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-django package, versions <1.8.7-1ubuntu5.8


medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.62% (88th 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-UBUNTU1604-PYTHONDJANGO-336979
  • published 11 Feb 2019
  • disclosed 11 Feb 2019

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.