CVE-2015-2316

Publication date 19 March 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
python-django	14.10 utopic	Fixed 1.6.6-1ubuntu2.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
python-django	Upstream: e63363f Upstream: d1503af Upstream: f05f5c2 Upstream: c9b2fef Upstream: b6b3cb9

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2539-1
Django vulnerabilities
23 March 2015

Other references

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2316