PyPi: Django

CVE-2007-5712

Safety vulnerability ID: 35277

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Created at Oct 30, 2007 Updated at Nov 05, 2024
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Advisory

The internationalization (i18n) framework in Django 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, and 0.96, and as used in other products such as PyLucid, when the USE_I18N option and the i18n component are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many HTTP requests with large Accept-Language headers.
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix

Affected package

django

Latest version: 5.1.3

A high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

The internationalization (i18n) framework in Django 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, and 0.96, and as used in other products such as PyLucid, when the USE_I18N option and the i18n component are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many HTTP requests with large Accept-Language headers.


CONFIRM:http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix: http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix
CONFIRM:http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=749199: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=749199
DEBIAN:DSA-1640: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1640
FEDORA:FEDORA-2007-2788: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00243.html
FEDORA:FEDORA-2007-3157: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00257.html
BID:26227: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26227
SECUNIA:31961: http://secunia.com/advisories/31961
VUPEN:ADV-2007-3660: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3660
VUPEN:ADV-2007-3661: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3661
SECUNIA:27435: http://secunia.com/advisories/27435
SECUNIA:27597: http://secunia.com/advisories/27597
XF:django-i18n-dos(38143): https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38143

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

LOW 2.6

CVSS v2 Details

LOW 2.6
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
HIGH
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
NONE
Availability Impact (A)
PARTIAL