Resource Management Errors Affecting python-django package, versions <1.7.10-1
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- published 24 Aug 2015
- disclosed 24 Aug 2015
Introduced: 24 Aug 2015
CVE-2015-5963 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
python-django
to version 1.7.10-1 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:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5963
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.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
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1876
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76428
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5963
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1