GHSA-9g3v-v24q-jj5p
rdiffweb does not have a rate limit on incorrect password attempts to prevent brute force attacks
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
rdiffweb prior to 2.5.0a4 does not have a rate limit to prevent attackers attempting brute force attacks to guess passwords. Version 2.5.0a4 limits the number of incorrect password attempts.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3273
- https://github.com/ikus060/rdiffweb/commit/b5e3bb0a98268d18ceead36ab9b2b7eaacd659a8
- https://github.com/ikus060/rdiffweb
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/rdiffweb/PYSEC-2022-43156.yaml
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/a6df4bad-3382-4add-8918-760d885690f6