openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-Django1 (openSUSE-SU-2024:0080-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191897

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2024:0080-1 advisory.

- Django reports: CVE-2024-27351: Potential regular expression denial-of-service in django.utils.text.Truncator.words(). (CVE-2024-27351)

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

Solution

Update the affected python3-Django1 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1220358

http://www.nessus.org/u?45cac9e3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-27351

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191897

File Name: openSUSE-2024-0080-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/12/2024

Updated: 7/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2024-27351

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-django1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27351