CVE-2015-0221

Aliases:GHSA-jhjg-w2cp-5j44PYSEC-2015-6
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 16 Jan 2015, 16:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 04:03

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
7.84% LOW
8% probability -1.31%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Jan 2015, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 04:03
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 7.84%• Percentile: 92%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    10.04 | 12.04 | 14.04 | 14.10

  • djangoproject•django

    ≤ 1.4.17 | 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

  • PyPI•django

    < 1.4.18 | ≥ 1.6, < 1.6.10 | ≥ 1.7, < 1.7.3

References (26)