Bug 2302433 (CVE-2024-41989) - CVE-2024-41989 python-django: Memory exhaustion in django.utils.numberformat.floatformat()
Summary: CVE-2024-41989 python-django: Memory exhaustion in django.utils.numberformat....
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-41989
Deadline: 2024-08-06
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2302523 2302524
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Reported: 2024-08-02 01:45 UTC by Robb Gatica
Modified: 2024-09-05 14:10 UTC (History)
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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.
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:6428 0 None None None 2024-09-05 14:10:02 UTC

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
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