| Name | CVE-2024-27351 |
| Description | In Django 3.2 before 3.2.25, 4.2 before 4.2.11, and 5.0 before 5.0.3, the django.utils.text.Truncator.words() method (with html=True) and the truncatewords_html template filter are subject to a potential regular expression denial-of-service attack via a crafted string. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14232 and CVE-2023-43665. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
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 |
| trixie | 3:4.2.16-1 | fixed |
| sid | 3:4.2.17-1 | 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) | 3:4.2.11-1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - python-django <postponed> (Minor issue, fix along in future update)
[bullseye] - python-django <postponed> (Minor issue, fix along in future update)
[buster] - python-django <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/mar/04/security-releases/
https://github.com/django/django/commit/3394fc6132436eca89e997083bae9985fb7e761e (5.0.3)
https://github.com/django/django/commit/3c9a2771cc80821e041b16eb36c1c37af5349d4a (4.2.11)
https://github.com/django/django/commit/072963e4c4d0b3a7a8c5412bc0c7d27d1a9c3521 (3.2.25)
CVE is a followup to CVE-2019-14232 and CVE-2023-43665.