CVE-2015-0221Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Django

Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
9.2%
top 7.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 16
Latest updateMay 17

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 vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

PyPIdjangoproject/django1.61.6.10+2
NVDdjangoproject/django1.4.17+13

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
Django DoS in django.views.static.serve2022-05-17
OSV
Django DoS in django.views.static.serve2022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2015-0221: The django2015-01-16
OSV
CVE-2015-0221: The django2015-01-16
OSV
python-django vulnerabilities2015-01-13

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Django regression2015-02-04
Red Hat
Django: denial of service attack against django.views.static.serve2015-01-13
Ubuntu
Django vulnerabilities2015-01-13
Debian
CVE-2015-0221: python-django - The django.views.static.serve view in Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10,...2015

💬Community

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-0221 Django14: Django: denial of service attack against django.views.static.serve [epel-6]2015-01-14
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-0221 python-django14: Django: denial of service attack against django.views.static.serve [fedora-20]2015-01-14
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-0221 python-django: Django: denial of service attack against django.views.static.serve [fedora-all]2015-01-14
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-0221 python-django: Django: denial of service attack against django.views.static.serve [epel-7]2015-01-14
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-0221 Django: denial of service attack against django.views.static.serve2015-01-07
CVE-2015-0221 — Djangoproject Django vulnerability | cvebase