CVE-2015-5963: Django denial of service via empty session record creation
(updated )
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.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1876
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-pgxh-wfw4-jx2v
- github.com/django/django
- github.com/django/django/blob/4555a823fd57e261e1b19c778429473256c8ea08/docs/releases/1.8.4.txt
- github.com/django/django/commit/2eb86b01d7b59be06076f6179a454d0fd0afaff6
- 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-2015-22.yaml
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5963
- web.archive.org/web/20150904151934/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318
- web.archive.org/web/20200228050526/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76428
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases
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