Ubuntu 23.04 LTS: USN-6414-1 Moderate: Django Denial Of Service

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October 4, 2023

Django could be made to consume resources or crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Django could be made to consume resources or crash if it received specially

crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- python-django: High-level Python web development framework

Details:

Wenchao Li discovered that the Django Truncator function incorrectly

handled very long HTML input. A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause Django to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu network attack python-django

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.04:
   python3-django                  3:3.2.18-1ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   python3-django                  2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.9

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   python3-django                  2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.20

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.