CVE-2011-4137

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Published 2018-07-23 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

Description

The verify_exists functionality in the URLField implementation in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 relies on Python libraries that attempt access to an arbitrary URL with no timeout, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a URL associated with (1) a slow response, (2) a completed TCP connection with no application data sent, or (3) a large amount of application data, a related issue to CVE-2011-1521.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4137

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.3.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.3.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.3.1-1
debian debiansidfixed1.3.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.3.1-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango<1.2.71.2.7
python PyPIdjango>=1.3,<1.3.11.3.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango{"endIncluding":"1.2.6"}
djangoprojectdjango0.91
djangoprojectdjango0.95
djangoprojectdjango0.95.1
djangoprojectdjango0.96
djangoprojectdjango1.0
djangoprojectdjango1.0.1
djangoprojectdjango1.0.2
djangoprojectdjango1.1
djangoprojectdjango1.1.0
djangoprojectdjango1.1.2
djangoprojectdjango1.1.3
djangoprojectdjango1.2
djangoprojectdjango1.2.1
djangoprojectdjango1.2.2
djangoprojectdjango1.2.3
djangoprojectdjango1.2.4
djangoprojectdjango1.2.5
djangoprojectdjango1.3

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.