SUSE update for python-Django

1) Inefficient regular expression complexity

EUVDB-ID: #VU87033

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-2024-27351

CWE-ID: CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing untrusted input with a regular expressions in django.utils.text.Truncator.words(). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package python-Django to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP4

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar: 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 9

python-Django1: before 1.11.29-3.61.1

venv-openstack-horizon-x86_64: before 14.1.1~dev11-4.53.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20241140-1/

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.