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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 15.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.7.10-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.7.10-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.7.10-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.7.10-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.7.10-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | 1.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.8 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.9 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.10 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.11 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.12 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.13 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.14 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.17 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.19 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.20 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.21 | |
| 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 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.8.0 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.8.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.8.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.8.3 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1766.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1767.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1894.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76440
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5964
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/2f5485346ee6f84b4e52068c04e043092daf55f7
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/575f59f9bc7c59a5e41a081d1f5f55fc859c5012
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/8cc41ce7a7a8f6bebfdd89d5ab276cd0109f4fc5
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-23.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150906124157/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76440
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150923161048/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228051814/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76440
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5964
CWEs
CWE-399
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