CVE-2013-0306

Advisory

The form library in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.6, 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and 1.5 before release candidate 2 allows remote attackers to bypass intended resource limits for formsets and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or trigger server errors via a modified max_num parameter.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

The form library in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.6, 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and 1.5 before release candidate 2 allows remote attackers to bypass intended resource limits for formsets and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or trigger server errors via a modified max_num parameter.

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0306
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/feb/19/security/
• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html