CVE-2015-5964

Medium

Description

The (1) contrib.sessions.backends.base.SessionBase.flush and (2) cache_db.SessionStore.flush functions in Django 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions create empty sessions in certain circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption) via unspecified vectors.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductDjango
PublishedAug 24, 2015
First seenAug 24, 2015

How to fix

Update
  • django1.7.10, 1.4.22 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
djangoproject django1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10, 1.4.11, 1.4.12, 1.4.13, 1.4.14, 1.4.17, 1.4.19, 1.4.20, 1.4.21, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.7.5, 1.7.6, 1.7.7, 1.7.8, 1.7.9, 1.8, 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.04—
oracle solaris11.3—
djangoPyPI1.7 ≤ v < 1.7.10, 1.4 ≤ v < 1.4.221.7.10, 1.4.22

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