National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-3444

Overview

The get_image_dimensions function in the image-handling functionality in Django before 1.3.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 uses a constant chunk size in all attempts to determine dimensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process or thread consumption) via a large TIFF image.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1560-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120730 Re: CVE Request: Django 1.3.1 and 1.4.0 security issues

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120730 CVE Request: Django 1.3.1 and 1.4.0 security issues

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2012:143

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2529

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529