Vulnerability in Djangoproject Django
CVE-2011-4137
The verify_exists functionality in the URLField implementation in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 relies on Python libraries that attempt access to an arbitrary URL with no timeout, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a URL associated with (1) a slow response, (2) a completed TCP connection with no application data sent, or (3) a large amount of application data, a related issue to CVE-2011-1521.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (87.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Djangoproject Django — versions 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/15/5 (mailing-list)
- hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14700881 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2332 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/46614 (third-party-advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1 (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/ (Patch)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/2 (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)