Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-django package, versions <0:1.8.4-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.6% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHONDJANGO-5081469
  • published27 Mar 2023
  • disclosed18 Aug 2015

Introduced: 18 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-5963  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 python-django to version 0:1.8.4-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1876.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1