CVE-2024-41989 Affecting python-django package, versions <3:4.2.15-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PYTHONDJANGO-7642623
  • published7 Aug 2024
  • disclosed7 Aug 2024

Introduced: 7 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-41989  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable python-django to version 3:4.2.15-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. The floatformat template filter is subject to significant memory consumption when given a string representation of a number in scientific notation with a large exponent.

CVSS Scores

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