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CVE-2015-5963: canonical ubuntu_linux Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesGHSA-pgxh-wfw4-jx2vPYSEC-2015-22RHSA-2015:1876
Published 24-08-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5963 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 5.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

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

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 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 19 · Related 13
DLA-301-1DSA-3338-1MGASA-2015-0327OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0077-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10066-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11205-1

Timeline

  1. 24-08-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.4, 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption or session record removal) via a large number of requests to contrib.auth.views.logout, which triggers the creation of an empty session record.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.21% 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< 0:1.8.4-1.el7
  • python-django-bash-completion< 0:1.8.4-1.el7
  • python-django-doc< 0:1.8.4-1.el7
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • python-django< 1.7.10-1
Djangoproject1 product
  • djangoEOL1.4 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.7 | 1.4.8 | 1.4.9 | 1.4.10 | 1.4.11 | 1.4.12 | 1.4.13 | 1.4.14 | 1.4.17 | 1.4.19 | 1.4.20 | 1.4.21 | 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:beta1 | 1.8.0 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.8.3
Oracle1 product
PyPI1 product
  • django≥ 1.8, < 1.8.4 | ≥ 1.7, < 1.7.10 | ≥ 1.4, < 1.4.22
Ubuntu1 product
  • python-django< 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10

7 vendors · 9 products

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