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CVE-2007-5712 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27435	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27597	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31961	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38143	CVE
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=749199	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00243.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00257.html	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1640	CVE	Patch
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix	CVE	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26227	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3660	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3661	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27435	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27597	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31961	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38143	[email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=749199	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00243.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00257.html	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1640	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26227	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3660	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3661	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
django project django	0.91 0.95 0.95.1 0.96
CPE cpe:2.3:a:django_project:django:0.91:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:django_project:django:0.95:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:django_project:django:0.95.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:django_project:django:0.96:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 31, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]