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Alpine: multiple py3-django packages: security update to 4.2.5-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 427221

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Django 3.2 before 3.2.21, 4.1 before 4.1.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.5, django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri()
 is subject to a potential DoS (denial of service) attack via certain inputs with a very large number of
 Unicode characters. (CVE-2023-41164)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-41164

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 427221

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 12/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41164

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41164