GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-J3J3-JRFH-CM2WDjango Denial-of-service possibility with strip_tags
6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.2%
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
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1
github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3j3-jrfh-cm2w
github.com/django/django/commit/5447709a571cd5d95971f1d5d21d4a7edcf85bbd
github.com/django/django/commit/b6b3cb9899214a23ebb0f4ebf0e0b300b0ee524f
github.com/django/django/commit/e63363f8e075fa8d66326ad6a1cc3391cc95cd97
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2316
web.archive.org/web/20200229033201/www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases
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6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.2%