SB2019030820 - Fedora 28 update for python2-django1.11

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SB2019030820 - Fedora 28 update for python2-django1.11

Published: March 8, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2019030820
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3498)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can craft a malicious URL that can make spoofed content appear on the default page generated by the django.views.defaults.page_not_found() view.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6975)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper memory operations that exist when the django.utils.numberformat.format() function receives a decimal with a large number of digits or a large component. A remote attacker can send a request that submits malicious input, consume excessive amounts of memory resources, resulting in a DoS condition.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References