Unscored severity · published Oct 13, 2009
CVE-2009-3695
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the forms library in Django 1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption)…
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CVSS
3.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the forms library in Django 1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted (1) EmailField (email address) or (2) URLField (URL) that triggers a large amount of backtracking in a regular expression.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.7% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DJ
Django · Djangoproject
1.0; 1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3695
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3695
bugs.debian.org
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550457
groups.google.com
http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/15df9e45118dfc51/
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36948
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36968
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1905
Patch
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2009/oct/09/security/
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