CVE-2015-5963
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2015-5963 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2015-08-24 14:59:08 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 15.04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.4.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7 | beta4 | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7 | rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.7.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.8 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Djangoproject | Django | 1.8.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Oracle | Solaris | 11.3 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3338-1 python-django | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: python-django-1.8.6-1.fc23 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| Django CVE-2015-5963 Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - October 2015 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Third Party Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2015:1580-1: moderate: Security update for python-Django | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Django logout() Function Session Management Flaw Lets Remote Users Consume Excessive Session Resources and Deny Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| USN-2720-1: Django vulnerability | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Security releases issued: 1.8.4, 1.7.10, 1.4.22 | Weblog | Django | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.djangoproject.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2015:1598-1: moderate: Security update for python-django | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | access.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.