CVE-2019-14235
Description
From CVE.org
An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. If passed certain inputs, django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri could lead to significant memory usage due to a recursion when repercent-encoding invalid UTF-8 octet sequences.
Statement
This issue affects the versions of python-django as shipped with Red Hat Gluster Storage 3, Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 and 3, as it contains the vulnerable code.
This issue affects Red Hat Update Infrastructure for Cloud Providers, but the vulnerable functions in python-django are currently not used in any part of the Product.
This issue does not affect Red Hat Satellite as the vulnerable functions in python-django are not used.
Red Hat OpenStack Platform:
- This issue affects all versions of python-django shipped with Red Hat Openstack Platform versions 9-15, as it contains the vulnerable code.
- Because the flaw's impact is Medium, it will not be fixed in Red Hat Openstack Platform 9 which is retiring 8/24.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.3 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | None | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | None | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | None | None | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | Low | High | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Django project for reporting this issue.
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