CVE-2015-5143

Name	CVE-2015-5143
Description	The session backends in Django before 1.4.21, 1.5.x through 1.6.x, 1.7.x before 1.7.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption) via multiple requests with unique session keys.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-272-1, DSA-3305-1
NVD severity	high (attack range: remote)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
python-django (PTS)	jessie	1.7.11-1+deb8u3	fixed
	jessie (security)	1.7.11-1+deb8u4	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch	1:1.10.7-2+deb9u4	fixed
	buster	1:1.11.18-1	fixed
	sid	1:1.11.20-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
python-django	source	(unstable)	1.7.9-1	high
python-django	source	jessie	1.7.7-1+deb8u1	high	DSA-3305-1
python-django	source	squeeze	1.2.3-3+squeeze13	high	DLA-272-1
python-django	source	wheezy	1.4.5-1+deb7u12	high	DSA-3305-1

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jul/08/security-releases/