UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0221

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0221

    Published: 13 Jan 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0221
    Aliases:
    USN-2469-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0221, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2469-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0221

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-django

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.1-2ubuntu0.6

    Affected versions

    1.5.4-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High