CVE-2015-5964
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.
- EPSS
- 5.0% 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-x38m-486c-2wr9 | PyPI | django | >=1.7 <1.7.10 | 1.7.10 |
| GHSA-x38m-486c-2wr9 | PyPI | django | >=1.4 <1.4.22 | 1.4.22 |
| PYSEC-2015-23 | PyPI | django | >=1.7 <1.7.10 >=1.4 <1.4.22 | 1.7.10, 1.4.22 |