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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

VendorProductAffected versions
DjangoprojectDjango
from 3.2 before 3.2.17
from 4.0 before 4.0.9
from 4.1 before 4.1.6
DebianDebian Linux
Version 10.0

Weakness classification

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