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.
Published: 2015-03-25
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 2.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-0007 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j3j3-jrfh-cm2w Django Denial-of-service possibility with strip_tags
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2539-1 Django vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Djangoproject Django
Fedoraproject Fedora
Opensuse Opensuse
Oracle Solaris
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:10:16.424Z

Reserved: 2015-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2316

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-03-25T14:59:02.940

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-2316

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-2316 - Bugzilla

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