CVE-2024-27351 Affecting py3-django package, versions <4.2.11-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-PY3DJANGO-7013702
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed15 Mar 2024

Introduced: 15 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-27351  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 py3-django to version 4.2.11-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream py3-django package and not the py3-django package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

In 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.

CVSS Scores

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