{"id":"USN-2720-1","summary":"python-django vulnerability","details":"Lin Hua Cheng discovered that Django incorrectly handled the session store.\nA remote attacker could use this issue to cause the session store to fill\nup, resulting in a denial of service.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:55Z","published":"2015-08-18T18:25:14Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5963","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5964"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-5963","CVE-2015-5964","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5963","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5964"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2720-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5963"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5964"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-django","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django@1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10"}]}],"versions":["1.5.4-1ubuntu1","1.6-1","1.6.1-1","1.6.1-2","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.1","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.2","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.3","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.5","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.6","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8","1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"python-django","binary_version":"1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2015-5963"},{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2015-5964"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2720-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}