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Debian dla-3306 : python-django - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 170939

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3306 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3306-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Chris Lamb February 01, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : python-django Version : 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u6 CVE ID : CVE-2023-23969 Debian Bug : 1030251

 It was discovered that there was a potential Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Django, a popular Python-based web development framework.

 Parsed values of the Accept-Language HTTP headers are cached by Django order to avoid repetitive parsing. This could have led to a potential denial-of-service attack via excessive memory usage if the raw value of Accept-Language headers was very large.

 Accept-Language headers are now limited to a maximum length specifically in order to avoid this issue.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u6.

 We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.

 For the detailed security status of python-django please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-django

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the python-django packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?22eb32f6

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-23969

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/python-django

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170939

File Name: debian_DLA-3306.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23969

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-django-common, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-django, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-django-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-django

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-23969