Vulnerability · Published Jul 10, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2024-39614

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the py3-django package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 28.6% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)28.6%top 1.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.7 and 4.2 before 4.2.14. get_supported_language_variant() was subject to a potential denial-of-service attack when used with very long strings containing specific characters.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20py3-django4.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-39614
Alpine:v3.21py3-django4.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-39614
Alpine:v3.22py3-django4.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-39614
Alpine:v3.23py3-django4.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-39614
Alpine:v3.24py3-django4.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-39614
Debian:12python-django3:3.2.25-0+deb12u1DSA-6136-1
Debian:12python-django3:3.2.25-0+deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39614
Debian:13python-django3:4.2.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39614
Debian:14python-django3:4.2.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39614
PyPIdjango4.2.14GHSA-f6f8-9mx6-9mx2
PyPIdjango4.2.14, 5.0.7PYSEC-2024-59
PyPIdjango5.0.7GHSA-f6f8-9mx6-9mx2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSpython-django2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.12USN-6888-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSpython-django2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39614
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSpython-django3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39614
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSpython-django3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.1USN-6888-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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Weakness: CWE-130 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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