GHSA-x7gm-rfgv-w973
Potential DoS with NumberFilter conversion to integer values.
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | django-filter | < 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
Automatically generated `NumberFilter` instances, whose value was later converted to an integer, were subject to potential DoS from maliciously input using exponential format with sufficiently large exponents.
### Patches
Version 2.4.0+ applies a `MaxValueValidator` with a a default `limit_value` of 1e50 to the form field used by `NumberFilter` instances.
In addition, `NumberFilter` implements the new `get_max_validator()` which should return a configured validator instance to customise the limit, or else `None` to disable the additional validation.
### Workarounds
Users may manually apply an equivalent validator if they are not able to upgrade.
### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
* Open an issue in [the django-filter repo](https://github.com/carltongibson/django-filter)
Thanks to Marcin Waraksa for the report.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/carltongibson/django-filter/security/advisories/GHSA-x7gm-rfgv-w973
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15225
- https://github.com/carltongibson/django-filter/commit/340cf7a23a2b3dcd7183f6a0d6c383e85b130d2b
- https://github.com/carltongibson/django-filter
- https://github.com/carltongibson/django-filter/releases/tag/2.4.0
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django-filter/PYSEC-2021-64.yaml
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DPHENTRHRAYFXYPPBT7JRHZRWILRY44S
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FAT2ZAEF6DM3VFSOHKB7X3ASSHGQHJAK
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SVJ7AYU6FUSU3F653YCGW5LFD3IULRSX
- https://pypi.org/project/django-filter
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0010