Resource Management Errors Affecting python-django package, versions <1.7.9-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
13.53% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-PYTHONDJANGO-1557643
  • published14 Jul 2015
  • disclosed14 Jul 2015

Introduced: 14 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-5143  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 python-django to version 1.7.9-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-django package and not the python-django package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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