CVE-2024-27351

Description

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.

References

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/mar/04/security-releases/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN2PLJGYSAAG5KUVIUFJYKD3BLQ4OSN6/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2JIRXEDP4ZET5KFMAPPYSK663Q52NEX/

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/releases/security/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/04/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3