CVE-2024-45231

Name	CVE-2024-45231
Description	An 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).
Source	CVE (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 Package	Release	Version	Status
python-django (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	2:2.2.28-1~deb11u2	vulnerable
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	3:3.2.19-1+deb12u1	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	3:4.2.16-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
python-django	source	(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)