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GHSA-x38m-486c-2wr9
GHSA-x38m-486c-2wr9
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Denial-of-service possibility in logout() view by filling session store
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
django is fixed in 1.7.10 and 1.4.22 (PyPI)
Denial-of-service possibility in logout() view by filling session store
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| django | PyPI | 1.7.10, 1.4.22 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI | django | 1.7, 1.7, 1.7.1 |
| PyPI | Django | 1.4, 1.7 |
| PyPI | Django | 1.7, 1.4 |
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Mar 2, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
- Mar 2, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228051814/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76440 url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1767.html url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1894.html url
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/2f5485346ee6f84b4e52068c04e043092daf55f7 fix
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/8cc41ce7a7a8f6bebfdd89d5ab276cd0109f4fc5 fix
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3338 advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2720-1 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5964 vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/django/django product
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-23.yaml url
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150906124157/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76440 url
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150923161048/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033318 url
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/aug/18/security-releases url
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1766.html url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html url
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-x38m-486c-2wr9 vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/575f59f9bc7c59a5e41a081d1f5f55fc859c5012 fix