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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6414-2

Ubuntu Security Notice 6414-2 - USN-6414-1 and USN-6378-1 fixed CVE-2023-43665 and CVE-2023-41164 in Django, respectively. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Wenchao Li discovered that the Django Truncator function incorrectly handled very long HTML input. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.

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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6414-2October 04, 2023python-django vulnerabilities=========================================================================A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)Summary:Several security issues were fixed in Django.Software Description:- python-django: High-level Python web development frameworkDetails:USN-6414-1 and USN-6378-1 fixed CVE-2023-43665 and CVE-2023-41164 in Django,respectively. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.Original advisory details: Wenchao Li discovered that the Django Truncator function incorrectly handled very long HTML input. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain URIs with a very large number of Unicode characters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources or crash, leading to a denial of service.Update instructions:The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the followingpackage versions:Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):  python3-django                  1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm2In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.References:  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6414-2  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6414-1  CVE-2023-41164, CVE-2023-43665

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