Vulnerability in Djangoproject Django
CVE-2015-5964
The (1) contrib.sessions.backends.base.SessionBase.flush and (2) cache_db.SessionStore.flush functions in Django 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions create empty sessions in certain circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption) via unspecified vectors.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.050 (91.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.050 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Djangoproject Django — versions 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.3
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1894.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1767.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1766.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76440 (vdb-entry)
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5964?
- CVE-2015-5964 is a vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under CWE-399. Published 2015-08-24.
- Is CVE-2015-5964 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.