high7.5
CVE-2023-23969
In Django 3.2 before 3.2.17, 4.0 before 4.0.9, and 4.1 before 4.1.6, the parsed values of Accept-Language headers are cached in order to avoid repetitive parsi…
Impact
In Django 3.2 before 3.2.17, 4.0 before 4.0.9, and 4.1 before 4.1.6, the parsed values of Accept-Language headers are cached in order to avoid repetitive parsing. This leads to a potential denial-of-service vector via excessive memory usage if the raw value of Accept-Language headers is very large.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Djangoproject | Django | from 3.2 before 3.2.17 from 4.0 before 4.0.9 from 4.1 before 4.1.6 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 10.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTZVAKU5ALQWOKFTPISE257VCVIYGFQI/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0007/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/feb/01/security-releases/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTZVAKU5ALQWOKFTPISE257VCVIYGFQI/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0007/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/feb/01/security-releases/