CVE-2015-2316

high

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

Advisories
More

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

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

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-03-25

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03415