CVE-2015-5963

NameCVE-2015-5963
Descriptioncontrib.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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-301-1, DSA-3338-1
Debian Bugs796104

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python-django (PTS)buster1:1.11.29-1~deb10u1fixed
buster (security)1:1.11.29-1+deb10u7fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2:2.2.28-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm, sid3:3.2.18-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python-djangosourcesqueeze1.2.3-3+squeeze14DLA-301-1
python-djangosourcewheezy1.4.5-1+deb7u13DSA-3338-1
python-djangosourcejessie1.7.7-1+deb8u2DSA-3338-1
python-djangosource(unstable)1.7.10-1796104

Notes

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/
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