Source: python-django Version: 3:4.2.17-2 Severity: important Tags: security upstream X-Debbugs-Cc: car...@debian.org, Debian Security Team <t...@security.debian.org>
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for python-django. CVE-2024-56374[0]: | An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.5, 5.0 before | 5.0.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.18. Lack of upper-bound limit enforcement | in strings passed when performing IPv6 validation could lead to a | potential denial-of-service attack. The undocumented and private | functions clean_ipv6_address and is_valid_ipv6_address are | vulnerable, as is the django.forms.GenericIPAddressField form field. | (The django.db.models.GenericIPAddressField model field is not | affected.) If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-56374 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56374 [1] https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/jan/14/security-releases/ [2] https://github.com/django/django/commit/ad866a1ca3e7d60da888d25d27e46a8adb2ed36e Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
