Description
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.
Published: 2022-01-04
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-0085 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-53qw-q765-4fww Denial-of-service in Django
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5204-1 Django vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:39:20.303Z

Reserved: 2021-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-45115

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Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-05T00:15:07.907

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:31:59.330

Link: CVE-2021-45115

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-01-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-45115 - Bugzilla

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