USN-6378-1: Django vulnerability
18 September 2023
Django could be made to crash or consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- python-django - High-level Python web development framework
Details
It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain URIs with a very
large number of Unicode characters. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause Django to consume resources or crash, leading to a
denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-6414-2: python-django-common, python3-django, python-django-doc, python-django