Debian DSA-3338-1 : python-django - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85587

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Lin Hua Cheng discovered that a session could be created when anonymously accessing the django.contrib.auth.views.logout view. This could allow remote attackers to saturate the session store or cause other users' session records to be evicted.

Additionally the contrib.sessions.backends.base.SessionBase.flush() and cache_db.SessionStore.flush() methods have been modified to avoid creating a new empty session as well.

Solution

Upgrade the python-django packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.5-1+deb7u13.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.7-1+deb8u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85587

File Name: debian_DSA-3338.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/24/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-django

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5963, CVE-2015-5964

DSA: 3338

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