926164 – (CVE-2024-27351) <dev-python/django-{3.2.25,4.2.11,5.0.3}: Potential ReDoS in django.utils.text.Truncator.words()

Bug 926164 (CVE-2024-27351) - <dev-python/django-{3.2.25,4.2.11,5.0.3}: Potential ReDoS in django.utils.text.Truncator.words()

Summary: <dev-python/django-{3.2.25,4.2.11,5.0.3}: Potential ReDoS in django.utils.tex...

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	CVE-2024-27351

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/...
Whiteboard:	B3 [glsa?]
Keywords:

Depends on:	926161 926162 926163
Blocks:
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Reported:	2024-03-04 13:53 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified:	2024-03-08 10:34 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Michał Górny archtester

2024-03-04 13:53:27 UTC

Django security releases issued: 5.0.3, 4.2.11, and 3.2.25
Posted by Mariusz Felisiak on Marzec 4, 2024

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing Django 5.0.3, Django 4.2.11, and Django 3.2.25. These releases addresses the security issue detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible.
CVE-2024-27351: Potential regular expression denial-of-service in django.utils.text.Truncator.words()

django.utils.text.Truncator.words() method (with html=True) and truncatewords_html template filter were subject to a potential regular expression denial-of-service attack using a suitably crafted string (follow up to CVE-2019-14232 and CVE-2023-43665).

Thanks Seokchan Yoon for the report.

This issue has severity "moderate" according to the Django security policy.

Comment 1 Michał Górny archtester

2024-03-04 18:22:03 UTC

cleanup done.