Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.8/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00043.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00046.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1678.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1686.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3305Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75666
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032820
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2671-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-06
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jul/08/security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00043.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00046.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1678.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1686.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3305Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75666
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032820
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2671-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-06
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jul/08/security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 14, 2015
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified