usn-6414-2
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-10-04 22:01
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
python-django vulnerabilities
Details

USN-6414-1 and USN-6378-1 fixed CVE-2023-43665 and CVE-2023-41164 in Django, respectively. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Wenchao Li discovered that the Django Truncator function incorrectly handled very long HTML input. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.

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.

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "USN-6414-1 and USN-6378-1 fixed CVE-2023-43665 and CVE-2023-41164 in Django,\nrespectively. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Wenchao Li discovered that the Django Truncator function incorrectly\n handled very long HTML input. A remote attacker could possibly use this\n issue to cause Django to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.\n\n It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain URIs with a very\n large number of Unicode characters. A remote attacker could possibly use\n this issue to cause Django to consume resources or crash, leading to a\n denial of service.\n",
  "id": "USN-6414-2",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:31Z",
  "published": "2023-10-04T22:01:08Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-41164"
    },
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "python-django vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41164",
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}



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