CVE-2013-0306

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Published 2013-05-02 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

Description

The form library in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.6, 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and 1.5 before release candidate 2 allows remote attackers to bypass intended resource limits for formsets and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or trigger server errors via a modified max_num parameter.

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-2013-0306

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/feb/19/security/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu11.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.10affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.4.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.4.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.4.4-1
debian debiansidfixed1.4.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.4.4-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango>=1.3,<1.3.61.3.6
python PyPIdjango>=1.4,<1.4.41.4.4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango1.3
djangoprojectdjango1.3.1
djangoprojectdjango1.3.2
djangoprojectdjango1.3.3
djangoprojectdjango1.4
djangoprojectdjango1.4.1
djangoprojectdjango1.4.2
djangoprojectdjango1.5

References

CWEs

CWE-189

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