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diff --git a/docs/releases/4.2.14.txt b/docs/releases/4.2.14.txt index dc20cd9f28..08523e27fd 100644 --- a/docs/releases/4.2.14.txt +++ b/docs/releases/4.2.14.txt @@ -32,3 +32,18 @@ directory-traversal via certain inputs when calling :meth:`save() <django.core.files.storage.Storage.save()>`. Built-in ``Storage`` sub-classes were not affected by this vulnerability. + +CVE-2024-39614: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in ``get_supported_language_variant()`` +================================================================================================= + +:meth:`~django.utils.translation.get_supported_language_variant` was subject to +a potential denial-of-service attack when used with very long strings +containing specific characters. + +To mitigate this vulnerability, the language code provided to +:meth:`~django.utils.translation.get_supported_language_variant` is now parsed +up to a maximum length of 500 characters. + +When the language code is over 500 characters, a :exc:`ValueError` will now be +raised if ``strict`` is ``True``, or if there is no generic variant and +``strict`` is ``False``. |