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CVE-2015-5964
The (1) contrib.sessions.backends.base.SessionBase.flush and (2) cache_db.SessionStore.flush functions in Django 1.7.x before 1.7.10,…
Medium5.0EPSS 5.0%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-x38m-486c-2wr9 (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- FEDORA-2015-1dd5bc998f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1894 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3338 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1033318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1767 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2720-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1766 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 76440 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-x38m-486c-2wr9 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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