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.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.46% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3660 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00257.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1640 patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27435 patch vendor advisory third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00243.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26227 vdb entry
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=749199
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38143 vdb entry
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31961 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3661 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27597 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5712?
CVE-2007-5712 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5712?
To fix CVE-2007-5712, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5712 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-5712 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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