USN-6414-2

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USN-6414-2

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.

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6414-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-41164, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-43665