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Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

CVE-2024-41990

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Django versions through 4.2.14, 5.0a1 through 5.0.7, and 5.1a1 through 5.1rc1. The "urlize()" and "urlizetrunc()" template filters are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via very large inputs with a specific sequence of characters.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-130 - Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

The software parses a formatted message or structure, but it does not handle or incorrectly handles a length field that is inconsistent with the actual length of the associated data.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published