Multiple vulnerabilities in Django

Published: 2024-09-03

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-45230 CVE-2024-45231
CWE-ID	CWE-399 CWE-209
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Django Web applications / CMS
Vendor	Django Software Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU96742

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45230

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Django: 4.2 - 5.1

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/sep/03/security-releases/

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.

2) Information Exposure Through an Error Message

EUVDB-ID: #VU96743