Input validation error in Django - CVE-2024-56374
Published: January 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103000
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-56374
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Django Software Foundation
Affected software:
Django
Django
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due lack of upper-bound limit enforcement in strings passed when performing IPv6 validation in clean_ipv6_address() and is_valid_ipv6_address() functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-56374
Install updates from vendor's website.