Resource management error in Django - CVE-2021-45115
Published: January 4, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59179
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45115
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Django Software Foundation
Affected software:
Django
Django
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in UserAttributeSimilarityValidator when evaluating submitted password that were artificially large in relative to the comparison values. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted password to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-45115
Install updates from vendor's website.