| 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) |
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+deb8u7 | fixed | |
| stretch | 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u4 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u6 | fixed | |
| buster | 1:1.11.21-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye, buster (security) | 1:1.11.23-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| sid | 2:2.2.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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/