Timing Attack Affecting roundup package, versions [,2.1.0b1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-ROUNDUP-5753306
  • published5 Jul 2023
  • disclosed5 Jul 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Jul 2023

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade roundup to version 2.1.0b1 or higher.

Overview

roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack via the verifyLogin function, because it doesn't run a password check when the user doesn't exist, which might expose valid usernames

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1