SB2019022715 - Resource exhaustion in py-django (Alpine package)
Published: February 27, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019022715
Severity
Low
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 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
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c51ae3c04c4501fab96ced4b8ecc6a81e9c51e09
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f545a3e9d547e92bcc100a029a62c393337e7b8c
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0bfe3678686189b1417d11fa9e11880a1ddd85c2
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e75dee2587e0366d31527c0c11983372be4f532b
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ec414afd222af60156b4bae6021647de7b032675
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c9aae3180a276eb466bdc57f9863de93b0ed3f4f
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d955a610fef38bb0404876d8c4122c0931f3ad43