CVE-2015-5143

Aliases:GHSA-h582-2pch-3xv3PYSEC-2015-20
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 14 Jul 2015, 17:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
34/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
15.81% MEDIUM
16% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 Jul 2015, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 15.81%• Percentile: 95%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.04 | 15.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

  • djangoproject•django

    1.4.20 | 1.5 | 1.5:alpha | 1.5:beta | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.4 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 1.5.7 | 1.5.8 | 1.5.9 | 1.5.10 | 1.5.11 | 1.5.12 | 1.6 | 1.6:beta1 | 1.6:beta2 | 1.6:beta3 | 1.6:beta4 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.5 | 1.6.6 | 1.6.7 | 1.6.8 | 1.6.9 | 1.6.10 | 1.7:beta1 | 1.7:beta2 | 1.7:beta3 | 1.7:beta4 | 1.7:rc1 | 1.7:rc2 | 1.7:rc3 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.3 | 1.7.4 | 1.7.5 | 1.7.6 | 1.7.7 | 1.7.8 | 1.7.9 | 1.8.0 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2

  • Unknown•Solaris

    11.3

  • PyPI•django

    < 1.4.21 | ≥ 1.5, < 1.7.9 | ≥ 1.8, < 1.8.3

References (20)