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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : Django vulnerabilities (USN-6888-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 202084

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6888-1 advisory.

 Elias Myllymki discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain inputs with a large number of brackets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources or stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-38875)

 It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled authenticating users with unusable passwords. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and enumerate users. (CVE-2024-39329)

 Josh Schneier discovered that Django incorrectly handled file path validation when the storage class is being derived. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to save files into arbitrary directories.
 (CVE-2024-39330)

 It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain long strings that included a specific set of characters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources or stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-39614)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected python3-django package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6888-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 202084

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6888-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/10/2024

Updated: 7/10/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-39614

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-django, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38875, CVE-2024-39329, CVE-2024-39330, CVE-2024-39614

USN: 6888-1