CVE-2015-5964

Name	CVE-2015-5964
Description	The (1) contrib.sessions.backends.base.SessionBase.flush and (2) cache_db.SessionStore.flush functions in Django 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions create empty sessions in certain circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-301-1, DSA-3338-1
Debian Bugs	796104

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
python-django (PTS)	bullseye	2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2	fixed
	bullseye (security)	2:2.2.28-1~deb11u9	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	3:3.2.19-1+deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	3:4.2.23-1	fixed
	forky, sid	3:4.2.25-2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	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/