USN-7136-1: Django vulnerabilities

USN-7136-1: Django vulnerabilities
4 December 2024

Several security issues were fixed in Django.

Releases
Ubuntu 24.10 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages
python-django - High-level Python web development framework

Details
jiangniao discovered that Django incorrectly handled the API to strip tags.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to
consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-53907)

Seokchan Yoon discovered that Django incorrectly handled HasKey lookups
when using Oracle. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
inject arbitrary SQL code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2024-53908)

Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10

• python3-django - 3:4.2.15-1ubuntu1.1
  Ubuntu 24.04
• python3-django - 3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.4
  Ubuntu 22.04
• python3-django - 2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.15
  Ubuntu 20.04
• python3-django - 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.26
  In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.