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CVE-2024-45230: Django vulnerable to denial-of-service attack via the urlize() and urlizetrunc() template filters

October 8, 2024 (updated October 30, 2024)

An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.1, 5.0 before 5.0.9, and 4.2 before 4.2.16. The urlize() and urlizetrunc() template filters are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via very large inputs with a specific sequence of characters.

References

  • docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-5hgc-2vfp-mqvc
  • github.com/django/django
  • github.com/django/django/commit/022ab0a75c76ab2ea31dfcc5f2cf5501e378d397
  • github.com/django/django/commit/813de2672bd7361e9a453ab62cd6e52f96b6525b
  • github.com/django/django/commit/d147a8ebbdf28c17cafbbe2884f0bc57e2bf82e2
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-102.yaml
  • groups.google.com/forum/
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45230
  • www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/sep/03/security-releases

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.2 before 4.2.16, all versions starting from 5.0 before 5.0.9, all versions starting from 5.1 before 5.1.1

Fixed versions

  • 5.1.1
  • 5.0.9
  • 4.2.16

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.2.16, 5.0.9, 5.1.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

pypi/Django/CVE-2024-45230.yml

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