CVE-2014-0481

Summary

CVECVE-2014-0481
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-08-26 14:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4.1 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4.10 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4.11 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4.12 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4.2 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4.4 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4.5 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4.6 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4.7 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4.8 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4.9 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.5 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.5 alpha All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.5 beta All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.5.1 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.5.2 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.5.3 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.5.4 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.5.5 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.5.6 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.5.7 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.5.8 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.6 - All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.6 beta1 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.6 beta2 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.6 beta3 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.6 beta4 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.6.1 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.6.2 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.6.3 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.6.4 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.6.5 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.7 beta1 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.7 beta2 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.7 beta3 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.7 beta4 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.7 rc1 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.7 rc2 All All
Application Djangoproject Django All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Project Opensuse 12.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA61276 - Ubuntu update for python-django - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security releases issued | Weblog | Django af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.djangoproject.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3010-1 python-django af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA59782 - Debian update for python-django - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA61281 - SUSE update for python-django - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:1132-1: moderate: python-django: security and bugfix up af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 994932 Python (Pip) Security Update for django (GHSA-296w-6qhq-gf92)

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