CVE-2024-53907 Affecting python-django package, versions <3:4.2.17-1


Severity

Recommended
low

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PYTHONDJANGO-8456270
  • published5 Dec 2024
  • disclosed6 Dec 2024

Introduced: 5 Dec 2024

NewCVE-2024-53907  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable python-django to version 3:4.2.17-1 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 5.1 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1