| Name | CVE-2024-41991 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. The urlize and urlizetrunc template filters, and the AdminURLFieldWidget widget, are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1078074 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| python-django (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3:3.2.19-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 3:4.2.16-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| python-django | source | (unstable) | 3:4.2.15-1 | | | 1078074 |
Notes
[bookworm] - python-django <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - python-django <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/aug/06/security-releases/
https://github.com/django/django/commit/efea1ef7e2190e3f77ca0651b5458297bc0f6a9f/ (4.2.15)