PYSEC-2015-7

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    PYSEC-2015-7

    Published: 16 Jan 2015Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ModelMultipleChoiceField in Django 1.6.x before 1.6.10 and 1.7.x before 1.7.3, when show_hidden_initial is set to True, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by submitting duplicate values, which triggers a large number of SQL queries.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/62285, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/, http://secunia.com/advisories/62309, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2469-1, http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148696.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6g95-x6cj-mg4v

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: django

    Purl: pkg:pypi/django

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.18

    Affected versions

    1.0.1
    1.0.2
    1.0.3
    1.0.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High