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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6674-1 Critical: Django Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey March 4, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Django security update: ensure your Ubuntu OS is up to date to address potential resource overload threats.
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:

Seokchan Yoon 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu resource consumption python-django

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
   python3-django                  3:4.2.4-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   python3-django                  2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.11

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   python3-django                  2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.22

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6674-1

CVE-2024-27351

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6674-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu resource consumption python-django

Package Information

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