Description
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/
Scores
EPSS
0.0225
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (27)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.10
djangoproject/django
1.6 (5 CPE variants)
djangoproject/django
1.6.1
djangoproject/django
1.6.2
djangoproject/django
1.6.3
djangoproject/django
1.6.4
djangoproject/django
1.6.5
... and 17 more
Published
Mar 25, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026