Django DoS in django.views.static.serve

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2015-0221 · GHSA-jhjg-w2cp-5j44 · PYSEC-2015-6 · Published 16/01/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-0221 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting django, django (djangoproject).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.4%, higher than 91.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.6.10, 1.7.3, 1.4.18 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
django PyPI	`≥ 1.5, < 1.6.10≥ 1.6, < 1.6.10≥ 1.7, < 1.7.3< 1.4.18`	`1.6.101.7.31.4.18`
django djangoproject	`= 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≤ 1.4.17`	No fix yet

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.

NVD 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.