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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-0221
The django.views.static.serve view in Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10,...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62718
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2469-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:036
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148696.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62285
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62309
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, 1.6.6, 1.6.7, 1.6.8, 1.6.9, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 16th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.