CVE-2007-5712
Description
The internationalization (i18n) framework in Django 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, and 0.96, and as used in other products such as PyLucid, when the USE_I18N option and the i18n component are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many HTTP requests with large Accept-Language headers.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.96-1.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.96-1.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.96-1.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.96-1.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.96-1.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5712
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/412ed22502e11c50dbfee854627594f0e7e2c234
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/7dd2dd08a79e388732ce00e2b5514f15bd6d0f6f
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/8bc36e726c9e8c75c681d3ad232df8e882aaac81
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38143
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2007-1.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20091201070224/http://secunia.com/advisories/27435
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111224195100/http://secunia.com/advisories/27597
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111229085535/http://secunia.com/advisories/31961
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228183657/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26227
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00243.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00257.html
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=749199
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1640
- http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27435
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26227
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27597
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31961
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3660
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3661
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5712
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.