ubuntu-cve-2015-5963
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-08-18 17:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "python-django",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "python-django",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django@1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.5.4-1ubuntu1",
        "1.6-1",
        "1.6.1-1",
        "1.6.1-2",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.1",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.2",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.3",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.5",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.6",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5963",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:26Z",
  "published": "2015-08-18T17:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5963"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2720-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5963"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2720-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-5963"
  ]
}



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