The django.forms.ImageField
class in the form system in Django before 1.3.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 completely decompresses image data during image validation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by uploading an image file.
github.com/django/django
github.com/django/django/commit/9ca0ff6268eeff92d0d0ac2c315d4b6a8e229155
github.com/django/django/commit/da33d67181b53fe6cc737ac1220153814a1509f6
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3443
www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1