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CVE-2015-5143: canonical ubuntu_linux Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesGHSA-h582-2pch-3xv3PYSEC-2015-20RHSA-2015:1678
Published 14-07-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5143 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 7.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 8.7 (OSV · Pypi); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 7% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.22%
0%100%
Low · -0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 4
DLA-272-1DSA-3305-1MGASA-2015-0293SUSE-SU-2015:1810-1SUSE-SU-2015:1815-1SUSE-SU-2016:0044-1

Timeline

  1. 14-07-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

7.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.05 pp

From 7.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat3 products
  • python-django< 0:1.6.11-2.el7ost | < 0:1.6.11-1.el6ost
  • python-django-bash-completion< 0:1.6.11-2.el7ost | < 0:1.6.11-1.el6ost
  • python-django-doc< 0:1.6.11-2.el7ost | < 0:1.6.11-1.el6ost
Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Djangoproject1 product
  • djangoEOL1.4.20 | 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
Oracle1 product
PyPI1 product
  • django< 1.4.21 | ≥ 1.5, < 1.7.9 | ≥ 1.8, < 1.8.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • python-django< 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9

7 vendors · 10 products

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