Django 1.4.20/1.7.8/1.8.2 django.core.validators.URLValidator resource management
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A vulnerability was found in Django 1.4.20/1.7.8/1.8.2 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function django.core.validators.URLValidator
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
validators.URLValidator in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was presented 07/08/2015 by João Silva and Ross Brunton as Security releases issued: 1.8.3, 1.7.9, 1.4.21 as confirmed news (Website). The advisory is available at djangoproject.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-5145 since 06/29/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The advisory points out:
django.core.validators.URLValidator included a regular expression that was extremely slow to evaluate against certain inputs.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84652 (FreeBSD : django -- multiple vulnerabilities (37ed8e9c-2651-11e5-86ff-14dae9d210b8)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124032 (Fedora Security Update for python-django (FEDORA-2015-11403)).
Upgrading to version 1.4.21, 1.7.9 or 1.8.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The news contains the following remark:
This regular expression has been simplified and optimized.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (84652). See 76396 and 76397 for similar entries.
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 84652
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : django -- multiple vulnerabilities (37ed8e9c-2651-11e5-86ff-14dae9d210b8)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for python-django FEDORA-2015-11403
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Upgrade: Django 1.4.21/1.7.9/1.8.3
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Advisory: Security releases issued: 1.8.3, 1.7.9, 1.4.21Researcher: João Silva, Ross Brunton
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CVE: CVE-2015-5145 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1032820 - Django Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service and Conduct HTTP/Header Response Splitting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 51615 - Django 1.8 - 1.8.2 Remote DoS in URL Validation, High
SecurityFocus: 75691 - Django CVE-2015-5145 Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/10/2015 10:38Updated: 05/31/2022 07:04
Changes: 07/10/2015 10:38 (70), 08/03/2017 03:20 (13), 05/31/2022 07:04 (3)
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