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Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-9v8h-57gv-qch6

Django vulnerable to Denial of Service via i18n middleware component

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Also known as CVE-2007-5712PYSEC-2007-1

Severity
  • CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVSS 4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected versions

django PyPI

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AffectedFixed in
0.96.0 to before 0.96.10.96.1Advisories →
Also listed as affected (1)
0.95 to before 0.95.20.95.2Advisories →
0.91.0 to before 0.91.10.91.1Advisories →
Also listed as affected (1)

Description

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.

References

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