Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-jhjg-w2cp-5j44

Django DoS in django.views.static.serve

Published May 17, 2022Updated Feb 19, 2025OSV record ↗

Also known as CVE-2015-0221PYSEC-2015-6

Severity

CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected versions

django PyPI

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Affected	Fixed in
All versions before 1.4.18	`1.4.18`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (43) `1.0.1` `1.0.2` `1.0.3` `1.0.4` `1.1` `1.1.1` `1.1.2` `1.1.3` `1.1.4` `1.2` `1.2.1` `1.2.2` `1.2.3` `1.2.4` `1.2.5` `1.2.6` `1.2.7` `1.3` `1.3.1` `1.3.2` `1.3.3` `1.3.4` `1.3.5` `1.3.6` `1.3.7` `1.4` `1.4.1` `1.4.10` `1.4.11` `1.4.12` `1.4.13` `1.4.14` `1.4.15` `1.4.16` `1.4.17` `1.4.2` `1.4.3` `1.4.4` `1.4.5` `1.4.6` `1.4.7` `1.4.8` `1.4.9`
`1.6` to before 1.6.10	`1.6.10`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (10) `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` to before 1.7.3	`1.7.3`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (3) `1.7` `1.7.1` `1.7.2`

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.

GHSA-jhjg-w2cp-5j44

Affected versions

django PyPI

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