| 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) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-django (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.7.11-1+deb8u17 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u17 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u23 | vulnerable | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u12 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security) | 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u11 | vulnerable | |
| 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 | vulnerable | |
| 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) | 3:4.2.17-1 |
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/04/security-releases/
Fixed by: https://github.com/django/django/commit/790eb058b0716c536a2f2e8d1c6d5079d776c22b (4.2.17)