CVE-2015-0221
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-399
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The django.views.static.serve view in Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 reads files an entire line at a time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long line in a file.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)8%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148696.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62285
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62309