Denial-of-service possibility in logout() view by filling session store
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.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2015-5964US | medium5.0 | — | ||
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 versio… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.htmlWEB
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1766.htmlWEB
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1767.htmlWEB
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1894.htmlWEB
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338WEB
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlWEB
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1WEB
- https://github.com/django/djangoPACKAGE
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