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CVE-2019-14235: Uncontrolled Recursion in Django

August 6, 2019 (updated September 20, 2024)

An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. If passed certain inputs, django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri could lead to significant memory usage due to a recursion when repercent-encoding invalid UTF-8 octet sequences.

References

  • docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-v9qg-3j8p-r63v
  • github.com/django/django
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2019-14.yaml
  • groups.google.com/forum/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STVX7X7IDWAH5SKE6MBMY3TEI6ZODBTK
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14235
  • seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/15
  • security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-17
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0002
  • www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4498
  • www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/aug/01/security-releases

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.11a1 before 1.11.23, all versions starting from 2.1a1 before 2.1.11, all versions starting from 2.2a1 before 2.2.4

Fixed versions

  • 1.11.23
  • 2.1.11
  • 2.2.4

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.11.23, 2.1.11, 2.2.4 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

Source file

pypi/Django/CVE-2019-14235.yml

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