python-django — security advisory
The internationalization (i18n) framework in Django 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, and 0.96, and as used in other products such as PyLucid, when the USE_I18N option and the i18n component are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many HTTP requests with large Accept-Language headers.
- Products
- python-django
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.96-1.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2007-5712
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The internationalization (i18n) framework in Django 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, and 0.96, and as used in other products such as PyLucid, when the USE_I18N option and the i18n component are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many HTTP requests with large Accept-Language headers.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5712
python-django
Fixed versions: 0.96-1.1
python-django
Fixed versions: 0.96-1.1
python-django
Fixed versions: 0.96-1.1
Complete source record
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