CVE-2023-41164

Description

In Django 3.2 before 3.2.21, 4.1 before 4.1.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.5, django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri() is subject to a potential DoS (denial of service) attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters.

How to fix CVE-2023-41164

To remediate CVE-2023-41164, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Bitnami/django—upgrade to 3.2.21 or later
• —upgrade to 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u7 or later
• —upgrade to 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u10 or later
• —upgrade to 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u7 or later
• —upgrade to 3.2.21 or later
• —upgrade to 3.2.21 or later

Is CVE-2023-41164 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (6)

• >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.21, >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.5
• from 0, < 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u7
• from 0, < 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u10
• from 0, < 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u7
• >= 3.2, < 3.2.21
• >= 3.2, < 3.2.21, >= 4.1, < 4.1.11, >= 4.2, < 4.2.5

CVSS scores

References (23)

• ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-7h4p-27mh-hmrw
• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41164
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-41164
• ADVISORYwww.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/sep/04/security-releases/
• PATCH