USN-5837-1: Django vulnerability
1 February 2023
Django could be made to consume memory if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- python-django - High-level Python web development framework
Details
Nick Pope discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain
Accept-Language headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Django to consume memory, leading to a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5837-2: python-django-doc, python-django-common, python3-django, python-django