CVE-2015-2316

Publication date 19 March 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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

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

Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-django

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