File CVE-2024-39614.patch of Package python-Django.34947
From 17358fb35fb7217423d4c4877ccb6d1a3a40b1c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Boyce <42296566+sarahboyce@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:11:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [4.2.x] Fixed CVE-2024-39614 -- Mitigated potential DoS in
get_supported_language_variant().
Language codes are now parsed with a maximum length limit of 500 chars.
Thanks to MProgrammer for the report.
---
django/utils/translation/trans_real.py | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
docs/ref/utils.txt | 10 ++++++++++
tests/i18n/tests.py | 11 +++++++++++
3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py b/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py
index 872c80b00f..ce13d1e69c 100644
--- a/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py
+++ b/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ _default = None
CONTEXT_SEPARATOR = "\x04"
# Maximum number of characters that will be parsed from the Accept-Language
-# header to prevent possible denial of service or memory exhaustion attacks.
-# About 10x longer than the longest value shown on MDN’s Accept-Language page.
-ACCEPT_LANGUAGE_HEADER_MAX_LENGTH = 500
+# header or cookie to prevent possible denial of service or memory exhaustion
+# attacks. About 10x longer than the longest value shown on MDN’s
+# Accept-Language page.
+LANGUAGE_CODE_MAX_LENGTH = 500
# Format of Accept-Language header values. From RFC 9110 Sections 12.4.2 and
# 12.5.4, and RFC 5646 Section 2.1.
@@ -497,11 +498,25 @@ def get_supported_language_variant(lang_code, strict=False):
If `strict` is False (the default), look for a country-specific variant
when neither the language code nor its generic variant is found.
+ The language code is truncated to a maximum length to avoid potential
+ denial of service attacks.
+
lru_cache should have a maxsize to prevent from memory exhaustion attacks,
as the provided language codes are taken from the HTTP request. See also
<https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix/>.
"""
if lang_code:
+ # Truncate the language code to a maximum length to avoid potential
+ # denial of service attacks.
+ if len(lang_code) > LANGUAGE_CODE_MAX_LENGTH:
+ if (
+ not strict
+ and (index := lang_code.rfind("-", 0, LANGUAGE_CODE_MAX_LENGTH)) > 0
+ ):
+ # There is a generic variant under the maximum length accepted length.
+ lang_code = lang_code[:index]
+ else:
+ raise ValueError("'lang_code' exceeds the maximum accepted length")
# If 'zh-hant-tw' is not supported, try special fallback or subsequent
# language codes i.e. 'zh-hant' and 'zh'.
possible_lang_codes = [lang_code]
@@ -625,13 +640,13 @@ def parse_accept_lang_header(lang_string):
functools.lru_cache() to avoid repetitive parsing of common header values.
"""
# If the header value doesn't exceed the maximum allowed length, parse it.
- if len(lang_string) <= ACCEPT_LANGUAGE_HEADER_MAX_LENGTH:
+ if len(lang_string) <= LANGUAGE_CODE_MAX_LENGTH:
return _parse_accept_lang_header(lang_string)
# If there is at least one comma in the value, parse up to the last comma
# before the max length, skipping any truncated parts at the end of the
# header value.
- if (index := lang_string.rfind(",", 0, ACCEPT_LANGUAGE_HEADER_MAX_LENGTH)) > 0:
+ if (index := lang_string.rfind(",", 0, LANGUAGE_CODE_MAX_LENGTH)) > 0:
return _parse_accept_lang_header(lang_string[:index])
# Don't attempt to parse if there is only one language-range value which is
diff --git a/docs/ref/utils.txt b/docs/ref/utils.txt
index b2b826684d..471a4b31eb 100644
--- a/docs/ref/utils.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/utils.txt
@@ -1155,6 +1155,11 @@ For a complete discussion on the usage of the following see the
``lang_code`` is ``'es-ar'`` and ``'es'`` is in :setting:`LANGUAGES` but
``'es-ar'`` isn't.
+ ``lang_code`` has a maximum accepted length of 500 characters. A
+ :exc:`ValueError` is raised if ``lang_code`` exceeds this limit and
+ ``strict`` is ``True``, or if there is no generic variant and ``strict``
+ is ``False``.
+
If ``strict`` is ``False`` (the default), a country-specific variant may
be returned when neither the language code nor its generic variant is found.
For example, if only ``'es-co'`` is in :setting:`LANGUAGES`, that's
@@ -1163,6 +1168,11 @@ For a complete discussion on the usage of the following see the
Raises :exc:`LookupError` if nothing is found.
+ .. versionchanged:: 4.2.14
+
+ In older versions, ``lang_code`` values over 500 characters were
+ processed without raising a :exc:`ValueError`.
+
.. function:: to_locale(language)
Turns a language name (en-us) into a locale name (en_US).
diff --git a/tests/i18n/tests.py b/tests/i18n/tests.py
index f517c5eac7..9b029d5992 100644
--- a/tests/i18n/tests.py
+++ b/tests/i18n/tests.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ from django.utils.translation.reloader import (
translation_file_changed,
watch_for_translation_changes,
)
+from django.utils.translation.trans_real import LANGUAGE_CODE_MAX_LENGTH
from .forms import CompanyForm, I18nForm, SelectDateForm
from .models import Company, TestModel
@@ -1888,6 +1889,16 @@ class MiscTests(SimpleTestCase):
g("xyz")
with self.assertRaises(LookupError):
g("xy-zz")
+ msg = "'lang_code' exceeds the maximum accepted length"
+ with self.assertRaises(LookupError):
+ g("x" * LANGUAGE_CODE_MAX_LENGTH)
+ with self.assertRaisesMessage(ValueError, msg):
+ g("x" * (LANGUAGE_CODE_MAX_LENGTH + 1))
+ # 167 * 3 = 501 which is LANGUAGE_CODE_MAX_LENGTH + 1.
+ self.assertEqual(g("en-" * 167), "en")
+ with self.assertRaisesMessage(ValueError, msg):
+ g("en-" * 167, strict=True)
+ self.assertEqual(g("en-" * 30000), "en") # catastrophic test
def test_get_supported_language_variant_null(self):
g = trans_null.get_supported_language_variant
--
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