Resource management error in Django - CVE-2015-5143
Published: July 14, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32401
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5143
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Django
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
py-django (Alpine package)
Django14
python-django
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
py-django (Alpine package)
Django14
python-django
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5143
Install update from vendor's website.
Django - addressed in versions 1.4.21, 1.7.9, 1.8.3
py-django (Alpine package) - update to 1.7.9-r0
Django14 - update to 1.4.21-1.el6
python-django - addressed in versions 1.6.11-2.el7, 1.8.3-1.fc22
py-django (Alpine package) - update to 1.7.9-r0
Django14 - update to 1.4.21-1.el6
python-django - addressed in versions 1.6.11-2.el7, 1.8.3-1.fc22
External 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/