CVE-2013-1443

Django < 1.4.8 - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

Description

The authentication framework (django.contrib.auth) in Django 1.4.x before 1.4.8, 1.5.x before 1.5.4, and 1.6.x before 1.6 beta 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password which is then hashed.

References (5)

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00035.html

[Various Sources] http://python.6.x6.nabble.com/Set-a-reasonable-upper-bound-on-password-length-td5032218.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/15/security/

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2758

Scores

EPSS 0.0104

EPSS Percentile 77.2%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (17)

djangoproject/django

... and 2 more

Timeline

Published Sep 23, 2013

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026