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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04366.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
n/a n/a affected
Version Status Constraints
n/a affected —

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6
python-django-0:1.6.11-3.el6ost cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:5::el6 RHSA-2015:1766 2015-09-10T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7
python-django-0:1.6.11-3.el7ost cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:5::el7 RHSA-2015:1767 2015-09-10T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7
python-django-0:1.6.11-3.el7ost cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:6::el7 RHSA-2015:1894 2015-10-15T00:00:00Z

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-301-1 python-django security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3338-1 python-django security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-0012 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-x38m-486c-2wr9 Denial-of-service possibility in logout() view by filling session store
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2720-1 Django vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1766.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1767.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1894.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76440 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5964 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5964 cve-icon
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/ cve-icon cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:06:34.982Z

Reserved: 2015-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5964

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-08-24T14:59:09.837

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-5964

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-08-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5964 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses