Description

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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2015-3982

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2015-3982

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities