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Django < 2.16 Uncontrolled Memory Consumption Vulnerability (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Django is prone to an uncontrolled memory consumption vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
If django.utils.numberformat.format() received a Decimal with a large number of digits or a large exponent, it could lead to significant memory usage due to a call to .format().
Affected Software
Affected Software
Django through version 1.11.18, version 2.0.0 through 2.0.10 and 2.1.0 through 2.1.5.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 1.11.19, 2.0.11 or 2.1.6 respectively.