CVE-2023-36053

Summary

CVE-2023-36053 is a vulnerability that affects Django versions 3.2 before 3.2.20, 4 before 4.1.10, and 4.2 before 4.2.3. The vulnerability lies in the EmailValidator and URLValidator components, which are susceptible to a potential ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) attack when faced with a large number of domain name labels in emails and URLs. This vulnerability has a risk score of 30 and is rated as "HIGH" in terms of severity. The affected products include rMendz, i3sSg6, rMend0, iXqQMl, and several others listed in the source text. To remediate this vulnerability, it is recommended to update Django to version 3.2.20, 4.1.10, or 4.2.3 or later versions that contain the necessary security patches to address the issue promptly. The potential danger posed by this vulnerability is a denial-of-service attack that could disrupt the availability of affected systems and potentially impact the organization's operations and services relying on Django frameworks for web applications development and deployment.

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