CVE-2015-5143

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 15.66% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory djangoproject.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-06 vendor advisory
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jul/08/security-releases/ patch vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00043.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00046.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3305 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1678.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75666 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1686.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2671-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032820 vdb entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-5143?
CVE-2015-5143 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-5143?
To fix CVE-2015-5143, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-5143 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-5143 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~16% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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