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CVE-2018-7537 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-7537: An issue was discovered in Django 2.0 before 2.0.3, 1.11 before 1.11.11, and 1.8 before 1.8.19. If django.utils.text.Truncator's chars() and words() methods were passed the html=True argument, they were extremely slow to evaluate certain inputs due to a catastrophic backtracking vulnerability in a r

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-7537 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • python-django→ fixed in1:1.11.11-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-django

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • python-django→ fixed in1:1.11.11-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-django

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • python-django→ fixed in1:1.11.11-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-django

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

  • py3-django→ fixed in1.11.11-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade py3-django

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

  • py3-django→ fixed in1.11.11-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade py3-django

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

  • py3-django→ fixed in1.11.11-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade py3-django

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

  • py3-django→ fixed in1.11.11-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade py3-django

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

  • py3-django→ fixed in1.11.11-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade py3-django
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