CVE-2024-27351

NameCVE-2024-27351
DescriptionIn 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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python-django (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.7.11-1+deb8u17vulnerable
stretch (security)1:1.10.7-2+deb9u17vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch1:1.10.7-2+deb9u23vulnerable
buster, buster (lts)1:1.11.29-1+deb10u12vulnerable
buster (security)1:1.11.29-1+deb10u11vulnerable
bullseye (security), bullseye2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm (security), bookworm3:3.2.19-1+deb12u1vulnerable
sid, trixie3:4.2.16-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python-djangosource(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.
[stretch] - python-django <postponed> (Minor issue, fix along in future update)
[jessie] - python-django <postponed> (Minor issue, fix along in future update)

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