CVE-2015-5964

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    CVE-2015-5964

    Published: 24 Aug 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76440, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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