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CVE-2015-2316

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-399
5CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

The utils.html.strip_tags function in Django 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1, when using certain versions of Python, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by increasing the length of the input string.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products we track (2)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/ ↗