USN-5653-1: Django vulnerability
4 October 2022
Django could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- python-django - High-level Python web development framework
Details
Benjamin Balder Bach discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain
internationalized URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Django to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.