The utils.html.strip_tags function in Django 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1, when using certain versions of Python, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by increasing the length of the input string.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2316
Reference (s):
- BID:73322
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/
- FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-5766