UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2316

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2316

    Published: 19 Mar 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-2316
    Aliases:
    USN-2539-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2316, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2539-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2316

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-django

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8

    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
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