{"id":"CVE-2015-5963","details":"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.","aliases":["GHSA-pgxh-wfw4-jx2v","PYSEC-2015-22"],"modified":"2026-03-23T05:12:06.184325002Z","published":"2015-08-24T14:59:08Z","related":["MGASA-2015-0327","SUSE-SU-2015:1810-1","SUSE-SU-2015:1815-1","SUSE-SU-2016:0044-1","openSUSE-SU-2023:0077-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10066-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11205-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:13887-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:14208-1","openSUSE-SU-2026:10005-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1766.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1767.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1894.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1876"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00026.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76428"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}