DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5963

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5963

    Published: 24 Aug 2015Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5963

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5963

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-django

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/python-django?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.10-1

    Affected versions

    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