CVE-2016-10321

Publication date 10 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

web2py before 2.14.6 does not properly check if a host is denied before verifying passwords, allowing a remote attacker to perform brute-force attacks.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
web2py	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.12.3-1ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

I think the 'before version' annotation in the CVE description was incorrect.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
web2py	Upstream: 944d8bd

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4030-1
web2py vulnerabilities
21 June 2019