Bug 2302433 (CVE-2024-41989)

Summary:	CVE-2024-41989 python-django: Memory exhaustion in django.utils.numberformat.floatformat()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Robb Gatica <rgatica>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bbuckingham, ehelms, ggainey, gtanzill, juwatts, jweng, jwong, mhulan, mminar, nmoumoul, pbraun, pcreech, rbiba, rbobbitt, rchan, security-response-team, sskracic
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Doc Text:	A security issue was found in Django. If 'floatformat' received a string representation of a number in scientific notation with a large exponent, it could lead to significant memory consumption. To avoid this, decimals with more than 200 digits are now returned as is.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2302523, 2302524
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Deadline:	2024-08-06

Description Robb Gatica 2024-08-02 01:45:04 UTC

Description: If floatformat received a string representation of a number in scientific
notation with a large exponent, it could lead to significant memory consumption.

To avoid this, decimals with more than 200 digits are now returned as is.

Affected versions
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* Django main development branch
* Django 5.1 (currently at release candidate status)
* Django 5.0
* Django 4.2

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-05 14:10:01 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
  Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2024:6428 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6428

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2024-10-28 13:22:12 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
  Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2024:8534 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8534

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2025-02-12 00:09:31 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  RHUI 4 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2025:1335 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1335