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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-7501-2)

🗓️ 08 May 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Ubuntu advisory USN-7501-2 addresses denial of service vulnerability in python-django package.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2025.7501.2");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-32873");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-05-08 04:05:12 +0000 (Thu, 08 May 2025)");
  script_version("2025-06-18T05:40:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-06-18 05:40:25 +0000 (Wed, 18 Jun 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-06-17 19:44:20 +0000 (Tue, 17 Jun 2025)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-7501-2)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU18\.04\ LTS");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-7501-2");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7501-2");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-django' package(s) announced via the USN-7501-2 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"USN-7501-1 fixed a vulnerability in Django. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

 Elias Myllymaki discovered that Django incorrectly handled stripping large
 sequences of incomplete HTML tags. A remote attacker could possibly use
 this issue to cause Django to consume resources, leading to a denial of
 service.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'python-django' package(s) on Ubuntu 18.04.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU18.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-django", ver:"1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm11", rls:"UBUNTU18.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python3-django", ver:"1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm11", rls:"UBUNTU18.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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