SB2018030605 - Denial of service in Django
Published: March 6, 2018 Updated: March 14, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018030605
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7536)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the django.utils.html.urlize() function due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted input and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.