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CVE-2021-45115: Denial-of-service in Django

January 12, 2022 (updated September 20, 2024)

An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.26, 3.2 before 3.2.11, and 4.0 before 4.0.1. UserAttributeSimilarityValidator incurred significant overhead in evaluating a submitted password that was artificially large in relation to the comparison values. In a situation where access to user registration was unrestricted, this provided a potential vector for a denial-of-service attack.

References

  • docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-53qw-q765-4fww
  • github.com/django/django
  • github.com/django/django/commit/2135637fdd5ce994de110affef9e67dffdf77277
  • github.com/django/django/commit/a8b32fe13bcaed1c0b772fdc53de84abc224fb20
  • github.com/django/django/commit/df79ef03ac867c93caaa6be56bc69e66abfeef8f
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2022-1.yaml
  • groups.google.com/forum/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B4SQG2EAF4WCI2SLRL6XRDJ3RPK3ZRDV
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45115
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220121-0005
  • www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/jan/04/security-releases

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.2a1 before 2.2.26, all versions starting from 3.2a1 before 3.2.11, all versions starting from 4.0a1 before 4.0.1

Fixed versions

  • 2.2.26
  • 3.2.11
  • 4.0.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.2.26, 3.2.11, 4.0.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

pypi/Django/CVE-2021-45115.yml

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