Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting python-django package, versions <2:3.2.12-1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.91% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-PYTHONDJANGO-2777835
  • published2 Feb 2022
  • disclosed3 Feb 2022

Introduced: 2 Feb 2022

CVE-2022-23833  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 python-django to version 2:3.2.12-1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in MultiPartParser in Django 2.2 before 2.2.27, 3.2 before 3.2.12, and 4.0 before 4.0.2. Passing certain inputs to multipart forms could result in an infinite loop when parsing files.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1