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diff --git a/docs/releases/1.4.18.txt b/docs/releases/1.4.18.txt index 2da42533bd..7c431cfa5a 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.4.18.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.4.18.txt @@ -45,6 +45,21 @@ from a XSS attack. This bug doesn't affect Django currently, since we only put this URL into the ``Location`` response header and browsers seem to ignore JavaScript there. +Denial-of-service attack against ``django.views.static.serve`` +============================================================== + +In older versions of Django, the :func:`django.views.static.serve` view read +the files it served one line at a time. Therefore, a big file with no newlines +would result in memory usage equal to the size of that file. An attacker could +exploit this and launch a denial-of-service attack by simultaneously requesting +many large files. This view now reads the file in chunks to prevent large +memory usage. + +Note, however, that this view has always carried a warning that it is not +hardened for production use and should be used only as a development aid. Now +may be a good time to audit your project and serve your files in production +using a real front-end web server if you are not doing so. + Bugfixes ======== |