MGASA-2019-0086

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    MGASA-2019-0086

    Published: 14 Feb 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-6975

    Summary: Updated python-django packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: If django.utils.numberformat.format() -- used by contrib.admin as well as the floatformat, filesizeformat, and intcomma templates filters -- received a Decimal with a large number of digits or a large exponent, it could lead to significant memory usage due to a call to '{:f}'.format() (CVE-2019-6975).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0086.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24348, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/feb/11/security-releases/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-django

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/python-django?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.19-1.2.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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