CVE-2015-5964: Denial-of-service possibility in logout() view by filling session store
(updated )
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
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-x38m-486c-2wr9
- github.com/django/django
- github.com/django/django/commit/2f5485346ee6f84b4e52068c04e043092daf55f7
- github.com/django/django/commit/575f59f9bc7c59a5e41a081d1f5f55fc859c5012
- github.com/django/django/commit/8cc41ce7a7a8f6bebfdd89d5ab276cd0109f4fc5
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-23.yaml
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5964
- web.archive.org/web/20150906124157/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76440
- web.archive.org/web/20150923161048/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318
- web.archive.org/web/20200228051814/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76440
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases
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