ELA-1602-1 python-django security update

denial of service (DoS) vulnerability

2025-12-29
Packagepython-django
Version1:1.10.7-2+deb9u28 (stretch), 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u17 (buster)
Related CVEs CVE-2025-64460


A potential denial-of-service vulnerability was discovered in Django, a popular Python-based web development framework.

An algorithmic complexity issue in the getInnerText() method in the django.core.serializers.xml_serializer class could have allowed a remote attacker to cause a potential denial-of-service, triggering CPU and memory exhaustion via a specially crafted XML input submitted to a service that invokes the XML Deserializer. The vulnerability resulted from repeated string concatenation while recursively collecting text nodes which produced superlinear-style computation.



For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.11.29-1+deb10u17.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u28.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.

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