Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types in django-filter - CVE-2020-15225

 

Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types in django-filter - CVE-2020-15225

Published: August 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79778
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15225
CWE-ID: CWE-681
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the NumberFilter conversion to integer values. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

django-filter
Fedora
python-django-filter

How to mitigate CVE-2020-15225

Install updates from vendor's website.

django-filter - update to 21.1
python-django-filter - addressed in versions 21.1-1.el8, 21.1-1.fc34, 21.1-1.fc35, 22.1-1.el8, 23.2-1.fc38

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