CVE-2015-0221

high

Description

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.

References

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:036

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2469-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/62718

http://secunia.com/advisories/62309

http://secunia.com/advisories/62285

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148696.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-01-16

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N