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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Django vulnerabilities (USN-6946-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 205111

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6946-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain strings in floatformat function. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a memory exhaustion. (CVE-2024-41989)

 It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled very large inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-41990)

 It was discovered that Django in AdminURLFieldWidget incorrectly handled certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
 (CVE-2024-41991)

 It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain JSON objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a potential SQL injection. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-42005)

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 python-django, python-django-common and / or python3-django packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6946-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 205111

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6946-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/6/2024

Updated: 8/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42005

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-django, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django-common

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41989, CVE-2024-41990, CVE-2024-41991, CVE-2024-42005

USN: 6946-1