SB2019080529 - Resource management error in py-django (Alpine package)
Published: August 5, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019080529
Severity
Medium
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) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14232)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of truncatechars_html and truncatewords_html template filters in django.utils.text.Truncator during evaluation of HTML content. A remote attacker can pass large content in HTML format to the application and trigger resource exhaustion.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=731de66686d43f91b9dcf733ba91acc55958879d
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0a61f467253f16ad94147ac4b2a312d3757f376f
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a647ee3a77fb6aee5cd7f25d13c0521e5a7b9246
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c7fc6af25f0b0cda600ac132b709aa32810a32aa
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c9242d57e288ae0de776187324f3d0125de602fc
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f23de6bf75a5fed240444ddc45e8609574c70306
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5f752ea195f3f8ce66003ac1240b432c30de48ff