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CVE-2015-2316

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.

Published

2015-03-25T14:59:02.940

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	oracle	solaris	11.2	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6.1	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6.2	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6.3	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6.4	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6.5	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6.6	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6.7	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6.8	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6.9	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.6.10	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7.1	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7.2	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7.3	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7.4	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7.5	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.7.6	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	1.8.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.10	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	22	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)