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rdiffweb does not have a rate limit on incorrect password attempts to prevent brute force attacks

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 6, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

pip rdiffweb (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.5.0

Patched versions

2.5.0

Description

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 6, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 6, 2022
Reviewed Oct 6, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

High
7.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-3273

GHSA ID

GHSA-9g3v-v24q-jj5p

Source code

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