CVE-2024-53907

Name	CVE-2024-53907
Description	An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.4, 5.0 before 5.0.10, and 4.2 before 4.2.17. The strip_tags() method and striptags template filter are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs containing large sequences of nested incomplete HTML entities.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4006-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
python-django (PTS)	bullseye	2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	2:2.2.28-1~deb11u3	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	3:3.2.19-1+deb12u1	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	3:4.2.17-2	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	bullseye	2:2.2.28-1~deb11u3		DLA-4006-1
python-django	source	(unstable)	3:4.2.17-1

Notes

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/04/security-releases/
Fixed by: https://github.com/django/django/commit/790eb058b0716c536a2f2e8d1c6d5079d776c22b (4.2.17)