CVE-2015-5963

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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, an

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.07079

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djangoproject djangoall versions
oracle solarisall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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PyPI django MODERATE fixed in 1.8.4

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD24 Aug 2015 · 02:59 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2026:10005-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14208-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10066-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11205-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:13887-1
Show all 14 vendor advisoriessuse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2023:0077-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:0044-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1810-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1815-1
usnUSN-2720-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:1894Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2015:1766Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2015:1876Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2015:1767Moderate

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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00026.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html

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

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http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76428

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1Third Party Advisory

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/PatchVendor Advisory

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