CVE-2007-5712

The internationalization (i18n) framework in Django 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, and 0.96, and as used in other products such as PyLucid, when the USE_I18N option and the i18n component are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many HTTP requests with large Accept-Language headers.

• CWE-399

• http://secunia.com/advisories/27435Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27597Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31961Vendor Advisory
• http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=749199
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1640Patch
• http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fixPatch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26227
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3660Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3661Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38143
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00243.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00257.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27435Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27597Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31961Vendor Advisory
• http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=749199
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1640Patch
• http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fixPatch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26227
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3660Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3661Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38143
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00243.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00257.html

Published

Oct 30, 2007

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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