CVE-2024-45231

NameCVE-2024-45231
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Django v5.1.1, v5.0.9, and v4.2.16. The django.contrib.auth.forms.PasswordResetForm class, when used in a view implementing password reset flows, allows remote attackers to enumerate user e-mail addresses by sending password reset requests and observing the outcome (only when e-mail sending is consistently failing).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python-django (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.7.11-1+deb8u17vulnerable
stretch (security)1:1.10.7-2+deb9u17vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch1:1.10.7-2+deb9u23vulnerable
buster, buster (lts)1:1.11.29-1+deb10u12vulnerable
buster (security)1:1.11.29-1+deb10u11vulnerable
bullseye (security), bullseye2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm (security), bookworm3:3.2.19-1+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie3:4.2.16-1fixed
sid3:4.2.17-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python-djangosource(unstable)3:4.2.16-1

Notes

[bookworm] - python-django <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - python-django <postponed> (Minor issue; can be fixed in next update)
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/sep/03/security-releases/
https://github.com/django/django/commit/bf4888d317ba4506d091eeac6e8b4f1fcc731199 (4.2.16)
[buster] - python-django <postponed> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - python-django <postponed> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - python-django <postponed> (Minor issue)

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