>> Django Internationalization System "i18n" Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Django Internationalization System "i18n" Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3660 CVE ID : CVE-2007-5712
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-10-30
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Django, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the internationalization system "i18n" when processing HTTP requests with an overly long "Accept-Language" header, which could be exploited by remote attackers to exhaust all available memory resources, creating a denial of service condition.
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