SB2024090362 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Django 



SB2024090362 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Django

Published: September 3, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024090362
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45230)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in urlize and urlizetrunc. A remote attacker can pass very large inputs with a specific sequence of characters the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Information Exposure Through an Error Message (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45231)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to enumerate email addresses.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling password reset in django.contrib.auth.forms.PasswordResetForm. A remote attacker can enumerate user email addresses.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.