CVE-2012-3444

NameCVE-2012-3444
DescriptionThe get_image_dimensions function in the image-handling functionality in Django before 1.3.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 uses a constant chunk size in all attempts to determine dimensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process or thread consumption) via a large TIFF image.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2529-1
Debian Bugs683364

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python-django (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)3:3.2.19-1+deb12u1fixed
trixie3:4.2.16-1fixed
sid3:4.2.17-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python-djangosourcesqueeze1.2.3-3+squeeze3DSA-2529-1
python-djangosource(unstable)1.4.1-1683364

Notes

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2
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