Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting python3-django package, versions <0:2.2.24-5.el9ost


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.98% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PYTHON3DJANGO-5858410
  • published8 Aug 2023
  • disclosed3 Jul 2023

Introduced: 3 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-36053  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 python3-django to version 0:2.2.24-5.el9ost or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0212.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-django package and not the python3-django package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Django 3.2 before 3.2.20, 4 before 4.1.10, and 4.2 before 4.2.3, EmailValidator and URLValidator are subject to a potential ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) attack via a very large number of domain name labels of emails and URLs.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1