CVE-2024-39329

Publication date 9 July 2024

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.7 and 4.2 before 4.2.14. The django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend.authenticate() method allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack involving login requests for users with an unusable password.

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Why is this CVE low priority?

requires user accounts with unusable passwords

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-django 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 3:4.2.4-1ubuntu2.3
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.12
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.23
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm5
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

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Notes

alexmurray

upstream advises that only versions 4.2, 5.0 and 5.1 (plus main development branch) are affected but it is likely earlier versions may also be affected but upstream do not mention this as they are no longer maintained by them

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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