| Name | CVE-2023-41164 |
| Description | In Django 3.2 before 3.2.21, 4.1 before 4.1.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.5, django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri() is subject to a potential DoS (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) |
| References | DLA-3558-1, ELA-944-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1051226 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| python-django (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.7.11-1+deb8u17 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u17 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u23 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u12 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u11 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 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.
Notes
[bookworm] - python-django <postponed> (Minor issue, fix along in future update)
[bullseye] - python-django <postponed> (Minor issue, fix along in future update)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/04/1
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/sep/04/security-releases/
https://github.com/django/django/commit/3f41d6d62929dfe53eda8109b3b836f26645bdce (main)
https://github.com/django/django/commit/9c51b4dcfa0cefcb48231f4d71cafa80821f87b9 (4.2.5)
https://github.com/django/django/commit/6f030b1149bd8fa4ba90452e77cb3edc095ce54e (3.2.21)
[jessie] - python-django <not-affected> (Vulnerable code added later)