{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2024-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "python-django: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in django.utils.html.urlize()",
    "id" : "2314485",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314485"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.9",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-400",
  "details" : [ "An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.1, 5.0 before 5.0.9, and 4.2 before 4.2.16. The urlize() and urlizetrunc() template filters are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via very large inputs with a specific sequence of characters.", "A flaw was found in Python's Django urlize() and urlizetrunc() functions. Excessive input with a specific sequence of characters may lead to denial of service." ],
  "statement" : "CVE-2024-45230 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability because, while it presents a potential denial-of-service (DoS) risk, it does not directly expose the application to data breaches or arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability arises from inefficient handling of very large inputs with specific character sequences in the `urlize()` and `urlizetrunc()` functions. However, the attack requires carefully crafted input and only leads to resource exhaustion (such as CPU or memory overload) under specific conditions, making it less likely to be exploited in typical production environments. This reduces its impact compared to vulnerabilities that allow unauthorized access or significant system compromise, hence the moderate severity rating.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-10-28T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:8534",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8",
    "package" : "automation-controller-0:4.6.2-1.el8ap"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-10-28T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:8534",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9",
    "package" : "automation-controller-0:4.6.2-1.el9ap"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "ansible-tower",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-dellemc-openmanage-rhel8",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "ansible-automation-platform-25/platform-resource-runner-rhel8",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "python-django",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "python-django",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:certifications:1::el7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Discovery 1",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "discovery-server-container",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:discovery:1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "python-django20",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:16.2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "python-django",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:17.1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Satellite 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "python-django",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Storage 3",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "python-django",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:storage:3"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "python-django",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhui:4::el8"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45230\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45230" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2024-45230",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}