CVE-2014-0481

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

The default configuration for the file upload handling system in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3 uses a sequential file name generation process when a file with a conflicting name is uploaded, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by unloading a multiple files with the same name.

The default configuration for the file upload handling system in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3 uses a sequential file name generation process when a file with a conflicting name is uploaded, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by unloading a multiple files with the same name.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-08-26 14:55:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

OpenSUSE 13.1

13.1

Django Project Django 1.4

1.4

Django Project Django 1.4.1

1.4.1

Django Project Django 1.4.2

1.4.2

Django Project Django 1.4.4

1.4.4

Django Project Django 1.4.5

1.4.5

Django Project Django 1.4.6

1.4.6

Django Project Django 1.4.7

1.4.7

Django Project Django 1.4.8

1.4.8

Django Project Django 1.4.9

1.4.9

Django Project Django 1.4.10

1.4.10

Django Project Django 1.4.11

1.4.11

Django Project Django 1.4.12

1.4.12

Django Project Django 1.5

1.5

Django Project Django 1.5 alpha

1.5

Django Project Django 1.5 beta

1.5

Django Project Django 1.5.1

1.5.1

Django Project Django 1.5.2

1.5.2

Django Project Django 1.5.3

1.5.3

Django Project Django 1.5.4

1.5.4

Django Project Django 1.5.5

1.5.5

Django Project Django 1.5.6

1.5.6

Django Project Django 1.5.7

1.5.7

Django Project Django 1.5.8

1.5.8

Django Project Django 1.7 beta1

1.7

Django Project Django 1.7 beta2

1.7

Django Project Django 1.7 beta3

1.7

Django Project Django 1.7 beta4

1.7

Django Project Django 1.7 release candidate 1

1.7

Django Project Django 1.7 release candidate 2

1.7

Django Project Django 1.6

1.6

Django Project Django 1.6 beta1

1.6

Django Project Django 1.6 beta2

1.6

Django Project Django 1.6 beta3

1.6

Django Project Django 1.6 beta4

1.6

Django Project Django 1.6.1

1.6.1

Django Project Django 1.6.2

1.6.2

Django Project Django 1.6.3

1.6.3

Django Project Django 1.6.4

1.6.4

Django Project Django 1.6.5

1.6.5

Debian Linux 7.0

7.0

References

openSUSE-SU-2014:1132

Third Party Advisory

59782

61276

61281

DSA-3010

Third Party Advisory

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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