CVE-2024-21520

NameCVE-2024-21520
DescriptionVersions of the package djangorestframework before 3.15.2 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via the break_long_headers template filter due to improper input sanitization before splitting and joining with <br> tags.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
djangorestframework (PTS)bullseye3.12.1-1vulnerable
bookworm3.14.0-2+deb12u1vulnerable
sid, trixie3.15.2-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
djangorestframeworksource(unstable)3.15.2-1

Notes

[bookworm] - djangorestframework <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - djangorestframework <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9435
https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/3b41f0124194430da957b119712978fa2266b642 (3.15.2)

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