GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-x38m-486c-2wr9 Denial-of-service possibility in logout() view by filling session store

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-17 Modified 2024-09-18 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2015-5964
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
Django
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Reviewed
2024-04-29

Affected packages

• PyPI Django: >= 1.7, < 1.7.10 → fixed in 1.7.10 • PyPI Django: >= 1.4, < 1.4.22 → fixed in 1.4.22

Description

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2015-5964 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… vulnerability

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