Denial of service in Django

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU72330

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24580

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can certain inputs to multipart forms, trigger memory exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Django: 3.2.1 - 4.1.6

External links

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/releases/security/
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/feb/14/security-releases/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/14/1
http://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-announce

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.