USN-2720-1

Lin Hua Cheng discovered that Django incorrectly handled the session store. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the session store to fill up, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / python-django

Package

Name: python-django
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django@1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10

Affected versions

1.*

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_version": "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "python-django"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-5963"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-5964"
        }
    ]
}