Description
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.
Published: 2015-08-24
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 5.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-301-1 python-django security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3338-1 python-django security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-0011 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pgxh-wfw4-jx2v Django denial of service via empty session record creation
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2720-1 Django vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Djangoproject Django
Oracle Solaris
Redhat Openstack
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:06:34.935Z

Reserved: 2015-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5963

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-24T14:59:08.773

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5963

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-08-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5963 - Bugzilla

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