Severity
Severity not reported.
Affected versions
| Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|
1.7 to before 1.7.10 | 1.7.10Advisories → |
1.4 to before 1.4.22 | 1.4.22Advisories → |
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.
References
- ARTICLEwww.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/ ↗
- Advisorywww.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1 ↗
- Webwww.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html ↗
- Webwww.securityfocus.com/bid/76440 ↗
- Weblists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html ↗
- Advisoryrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1894.html ↗
- Advisoryrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1767.html ↗
- Advisoryrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1766.html ↗
- Webwww.securitytracker.com/id/1033318 ↗
- Advisorywww.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338 ↗
- Advisorygithub.com/advisories/GHSA-x38m-486c-2wr9 ↗