CVE-2023-24580

Description

An issue was discovered in the Multipart Request Parser in Django 3.2 before 3.2.18, 4.0 before 4.0.10, and 4.1 before 4.1.7. Passing certain inputs (e.g., an excessive number of parts) to multipart forms could result in too many open files or memory exhaustion, and provided a potential vector for a denial-of-service attack.

How to fix CVE-2023-24580

To remediate CVE-2023-24580, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 3.2.18 or later
• —upgrade to 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2 or later
• —upgrade to 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u7 or later
• —upgrade to 3.2.18 or later
• —upgrade to 3.2.18 or later

Is CVE-2023-24580 being exploited?

Likely — EPSS is 62.6%, placing CVE-2023-24580 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.

Affected packages (5)

• >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.18, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.10, >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.7
• from 0, < 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2
• from 0, < 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u7
• >= 3.2a1, < 3.2.18
• >= 3.2, < 3.2.18, >= 4.0, < 4.0.10, >= 4.1, < 4.1.7

CVSS scores

References (33)

• ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-2hrw-hx67-34x6
• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24580
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-24580
• ADVISORYwww.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/feb/14/security-releases/
• PATCH