CVE-2015-5143
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 15.10 | Affected | — |
| 15.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.7.9-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.7.9-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.7.9-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.7.9-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.7.9-1 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.20 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.8 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.9 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.10 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.11 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.12 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.8 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.9 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.10 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.8 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.9 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.8.0 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.8.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.8.2 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00043.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00046.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1678.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1686.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3305
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75666
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032820
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2671-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-06
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jul/08/security-releases/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5143
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/1828f4341ec53a8684112d24031b767eba557663
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/2e47f3e401c29bc2ba5ab794d483cb0820855fb9
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/66d12d1ababa8f062857ee5eb43276493720bf16
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h582-2pch-3xv3
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-20.yaml
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jul/08/security-releases
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5143
CWEs
CWE-399
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