CVE-2015-5963
contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.4, 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption or session record removal) via a large number of requests to contrib.auth.views.logout, which triggers the creation of an empty session record.
- EPSS
- 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-399
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- djangoproject:django
- oracle:solaris
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-pgxh-wfw4-jx2v | PyPI | django | >=1.8 <1.8.4 | 1.8.4 |
| GHSA-pgxh-wfw4-jx2v | PyPI | django | >=1.7 <1.7.10 | 1.7.10 |
| GHSA-pgxh-wfw4-jx2v | PyPI | django | >=1.4 <1.4.22 | 1.4.22 |
| PYSEC-2015-22 | PyPI | django | >=1.8 <1.8.4 >=1.7 <1.7.10 >=1.4 <1.4.22 | 1.8.4, 1.7.10, 1.4.22 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1766.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1767.html