Ubuntu 3890-1 Moderate: Django Resource Consumption Risk

ubuntu

February 13, 2019

Django could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Django could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted

network traffic.

Software Description:

- python-django: High-level Python web development framework

Details:

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled formatting certain

numbers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to

consume resources, leading to a denial of service.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu resource consumption python-django

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
  python-django                   1:1.11.15-1ubuntu1.2
  python3-django                  1:1.11.15-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.3
  python3-django                  1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1.8.7-1ubuntu5.8
  python3-django                  1.8.7-1ubuntu5.8

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.