Denial of service in Django

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU86190

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24680

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in intcomma template filter. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Django: 3.0 - 5.0.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:django_software_foundation:django:3.2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:django_software_foundation:django:4.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:django_software_foundation:django:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/feb/06/security-releases/
http://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/releases/tag/v1.6.12

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.