Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-3982 - Unspecified vulnerability in Djangoproject Django 1.8.0/1.8.1

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
djangoproject
nessus

Summary

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. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/384.html">CWE-384: Session Fixation</a>

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Djangoproject
2

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_48504AF707AD11E5879C00E0814CAB4E.NASL
    descriptionThe Django project reports : A change to session.flush() in the cached_db session backend in Django 1.8 mistakenly sets the session key to an empty string rather than None. An empty string is treated as a valid session key and the session cookie is set accordingly. Any users with an empty string in their session cookie will use the same session store. session.flush() is called by django.contrib.auth.logout() and, more seriously, by django.contrib.auth.login() when a user switches accounts. If a user is logged in and logs in again to a different account (without logging out) the session is flushed to avoid reuse. After the session is flushed (and its session key becomes
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id83909
    published2015-06-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83909
    titleFreeBSD : django -- Fixed session flushing in the cached_db backend (48504af7-07ad-11e5-879c-00e0814cab4e)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
    #
    # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
    #
    # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
    # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
    # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
    #    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    #    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
    # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
    #    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
    #    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
    #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
    #    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
    #    distribution.
    # 
    # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
    # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
    # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
    # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
    # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
    # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
    # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
    # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
    # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(83909);
      script_version("2.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:44");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3982");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : django -- Fixed session flushing in the cached_db backend (48504af7-07ad-11e5-879c-00e0814cab4e)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
    updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The Django project reports :
    
    A change to session.flush() in the cached_db session backend in Django
    1.8 mistakenly sets the session key to an empty string rather than
    None. An empty string is treated as a valid session key and the
    session cookie is set accordingly. Any users with an empty string in
    their session cookie will use the same session store. session.flush()
    is called by django.contrib.auth.logout() and, more seriously, by
    django.contrib.auth.login() when a user switches accounts. If a user
    is logged in and logs in again to a different account (without logging
    out) the session is flushed to avoid reuse. After the session is
    flushed (and its session key becomes '') the account details are set
    on the session and the session is saved. Any users with an empty
    string in their session cookie will now be logged into that account.
    
    Thanks to Sam Cooke for reporting the issue."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release/"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/48504af7-07ad-11e5-879c-00e0814cab4e.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bdc741f9"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py27-django");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py27-django-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py32-django");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py32-django-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py33-django");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py33-django-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py34-django");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py34-django-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/05/20");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/05/31");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/06/01");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("freebsd_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"py27-django>=1.8<1.8.2")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"py32-django>=1.8<1.8.2")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"py33-django>=1.8<1.8.2")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"py34-django>=1.8<1.8.2")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"py27-django-devel<20150531,1")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"py32-django-devel<20150531,1")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"py33-django-devel<20150531,1")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"py34-django-devel<20150531,1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2015-8691.NASL
    descriptionfix CVE-2015-3982 - Fixed session flushing in the cached_db backend Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-06-02
    plugin id83931
    published2015-06-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83931
    titleFedora 22 : python-django-1.8.2-1.fc22 (2015-8691)