National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-4137

Overview

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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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110913 Re: CVE Request -- Django: v1.3.1, v1.2.7 multiple security flaws

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110911 CVE Request -- Django: v1.3.1, v1.2.7 multiple security flaws

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2332

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2332

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 46614

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/46614

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110916 Re: CVE Request -- Django: v1.3.1, v1.2.7 multiple security flaws

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/15/5