The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4458 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4458-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                           Chris Lamb     January 28, 2026                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : python-django     Version        : 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u11     CVE IDs        : CVE-2024-39614 CVE-2024-45231 CVE-2024-42005 CVE-2024-41991 CVE-2024-39329 CVE-2024-41989     CVE-2024-39330 CVE-2025-6069

    Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Django, the Python-based     web development framework:

    - - CVE-2024-39614: Fix a potential denial-of-service in       django.utils.translation.get_supported_language_variant. This       method was subject to a potential DoS attack when used with very       long strings containing specific characters. To mitigate this       vulnerability, the language code provided to       get_supported_language_variant is now parsed up to a maximum length       of 500 characters.

    - - CVE-2024-45231: Potential user email enumeration via response       status on password reset. Due to unhandled email sending failures,       the django.contrib.auth.forms.PasswordResetForm class allowed       remote attackers to enumerate user emails by issuing password reset       requests and observing the outcomes. To mitigate this risk,       exceptions occurring during password reset email sending are now       handled and logged using the django.contrib.auth logger.

    - - CVE-2024-42005: Potential SQL injection in QuerySet.values() and       values_list(). QuerySet.values() and values_list() methods on       models with a JSONField are subject to SQL injection in column       aliases via a crafted JSON object key as a passed *arg.

    - - CVE-2024-41991: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in       django.utils.html.urlize() and AdminURLFieldWidget. The urlize and       urlizetrunc template filters, and the AdminURLFieldWidget widget,       are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain       inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters.

    - - CVE-2024-39329: Avoid a username enumeration vulnerability through       timing difference for users with unusable password. The       authenticate method of django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend       method allowed remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing       attack involving login requests for users with unusable passwords.

    - - CVE-2024-41989: Memory exhaustion in django.utils.numberformat. The       floatformat template filter is subject to significant memory       consumption when given a string representation of a number in       scientific notation with a large exponent.

    - - CVE-2024-39330: Address a potential directory-traversal in       django.core.files.storage.Storage.save. Derived classes of this       method's base class which override generate_filename without       replicating the file path validations existing in the parent class       allowed for potential directory-traversal via certain inputs when       calling save(). Built-in Storage sub-classes were not affected by       this vulnerability.

    In addition, the fix for CVE-2025-6069 in the python3.9 source     package (released as part of a suite of updates in DLA 4445-1) that     modified the html.parser.HTMLParser class in such a way that changed     the behaviour of Django's strip_tags() method in some edge cases that     were tested by Django's testsuite. As a result of this regression,     update the testsuite for the new expected results.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     2:2.2.28-1~deb11u11.

    We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.

    For the detailed security status of python-django please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-django

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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