Resource Management Errors Affecting python-django package, versions <1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
15.01% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-PYTHONDJANGO-360853
  • 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 Ubuntu:14.04 python-django to version 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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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