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CVE-2015-3982

Published: 20 May 2015

The session.flush function in the cached_db backend in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly flush the session, which allows remote attackers to hijack user sessions via an empty string in the session key.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
only affects 1.8.x

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
python-django
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (1.8.2)
utopic Not vulnerable

vivid Not vulnerable