Resource management error in Django - CVE-2019-14235

Vulnerability identifier: #VU19620

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14235

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to an error when parsing URF-8 data with django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri(). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted content to the application and consume all available memory on the system.

Django
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
py-django (Alpine package)
python-django (Ubuntu package)
python-django (Debian package)
python-django
python-django (Red Hat package)
Red Hat OpenStack
Red Hat OpenStack for IBM Power

Install updates from vendor's website.

Django - addressed in versions 1.11.23, 2.1.11, 2.2.4
py-django (Alpine package) - update to 1.11.23-r0
python-django (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.10, 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.5, 1:1.11.20-1ubuntu0.2
python-django (Debian package) - update to 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u6
python-django - addressed in versions 1.11.23-1.el7, 2.1.11-1.fc30
python-django (Red Hat package) - update to 2.1.11-1.el8ost

• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/aug/01/security-releases/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Django
• Ubuntu update for Django
• Arch Linux update for python-django
• Arch Linux update for python2-django
• OpenSUSE Linux update for python-Django
• Debian update for python-django
• OpenSUSE Linux update for python-Django
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 update for python-django
• Gentoo update for Django
• Resource management error in py-django (Alpine package)
• Fedora 30 update for python-django
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for python-django