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
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/ ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1Advisory