From 8c35a0a903fd979e3262fe300ca084ffbfb300d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Natalia <124304+nessita@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:47:38 -0300
Subject: Fixed CVE-2024-45231 -- Avoided server error on password reset when
 email sending fails.

On successful submission of a password reset request, an email is sent
to the accounts known to the system. If sending this email fails (due to
email backend misconfiguration, service provider outage, network issues,
etc.), an attacker might exploit this by detecting which password reset
requests succeed and which ones generate a 500 error response.

Thanks to Thibaut Spriet for the report, and to Mariusz Felisiak, Adam
Johnson, and Sarah Boyce for the reviews.
---
 docs/ref/logging.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

(limited to 'docs/ref')

diff --git a/docs/ref/logging.txt b/docs/ref/logging.txt
index 8a7e58997e..24ab5d97f3 100644
--- a/docs/ref/logging.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/logging.txt
@@ -209,6 +209,18 @@ Django development server. This logger generates an ``INFO`` message upon
 detecting a modification in a source code file and may produce ``WARNING``
 messages during filesystem inspection and event subscription processes.
 
+.. _django-contrib-auth-logger:
+
+``django.contrib.auth``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. versionadded:: 4.2.16
+
+Log messages related to :doc:`contrib/auth`, particularly ``ERROR`` messages
+are generated when a :class:`~django.contrib.auth.forms.PasswordResetForm` is
+successfully submitted but the password reset email cannot be delivered due to
+a mail sending exception.
+
 .. _django-contrib-gis-logger:
 
 ``django.contrib.gis``
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