Name | CVE-2015-5963 |
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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-301-1, DSA-3338-1 |
Debian Bugs | 796104 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
python-django (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2 | fixed |
bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3:3.2.19-1+deb12u1 | fixed | |
sid, trixie | 3:4.2.16-1 | 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 | squeeze | 1.2.3-3+squeeze14 | DLA-301-1 | ||
python-django | source | wheezy | 1.4.5-1+deb7u13 | DSA-3338-1 | ||
python-django | source | jessie | 1.7.7-1+deb8u2 | DSA-3338-1 | ||
python-django | source | (unstable) | 1.7.10-1 | 796104 |
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/