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CVE-2023-43665: Django Denial-of-service in django.utils.text.Truncator

November 3, 2023 (updated November 18, 2024)

In Django 3.2 before 3.2.22, 4.1 before 4.1.12, and 4.2 before 4.2.6, the django.utils.text.Truncator chars() and words() methods (when used with html=True) are subject to a potential DoS (denial of service) attack via certain inputs with very long, potentially malformed HTML text. The chars() and words() methods are used to implement the truncatechars_html and truncatewords_html template filters, which are thus also vulnerable. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14232.

References

  • docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/releases/security
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8gc-pgj2-vjm3
  • github.com/django/django
  • github.com/django/django/commit/be9c27c4d18c2e6a5be8af4e53c0797440794473
  • github.com/django/django/commit/c7b7024742250414e426ad49fb80db943e7ba4e8
  • github.com/django/django/commit/ccdade1a0262537868d7ca64374de3d957ca50c5
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2023-226.yaml
  • groups.google.com/forum/
  • groups.google.com/forum/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HJFRPUHDYJHBH3KYHSPGULQM4JN7BMSU
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HJFRPUHDYJHBH3KYHSPGULQM4JN7BMSU
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43665
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231221-0001
  • www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/oct/04/security-releases

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.2a1 before 3.2.22, all versions starting from 4.1a1 before 4.1.12, all versions starting from 4.2a1 before 4.2.6

Fixed versions

  • 3.2.22
  • 4.1.12
  • 4.2.6

Solution

Upgrade to versions 3.2.22, 4.1.12, 4.2.6 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-1284: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

pypi/Django/CVE-2023-43665.yml

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