SB2015071411 - Resource management error in Django
Published: July 14, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015071411
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5143)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The session backends in Django before 1.4.21, 1.5.x through 1.6.x, 1.7.x before 1.7.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption) via multiple requests with unique session keys.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00043.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00046.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1678.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1686.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3305
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75666
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032820
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2671-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-06
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jul/08/security-releases/