CVE-2015-5963 | BDVDB-2026-71296 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00026.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1894.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1767.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1766.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1876
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76428
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.