CVE-2010-4535

medium
Published 2011-01-10 · Modified 2026-05-19
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

Description

The password reset functionality in django.contrib.auth in Django before 1.1.3, 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.3.x before 1.3 beta 1 does not validate the length of a string representing a base36 timestamp, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a URL that specifies a large base36 integer.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4535

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665373

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/5

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/23/4

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2010/dec/22/security/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/42715

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/15032

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.2.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.2.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.2.4-1
debian debiansidfixed1.2.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.2.4-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango<1.1.31.1.3
python PyPIdjango>=1.2,<1.2.41.2.4
python PyPIdjango
PIPDjango>= 1.2, < 1.2.41.2.4
PIPdjango< 1.1.31.1.3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango{"endIncluding":"1.1.2"}
djangoprojectdjango0.91
djangoprojectdjango0.95
djangoprojectdjango0.95.1
djangoprojectdjango0.96
djangoprojectdjango1.0
djangoprojectdjango1.0.1
djangoprojectdjango1.0.2
djangoprojectdjango1.1
djangoprojectdjango1.1.0
djangoprojectdjango1.2
djangoprojectdjango1.2.1
djangoprojectdjango1.2.2
djangoprojectdjango1.2.3
djangoprojectdjango1.3

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.