CVE-2013-1443
Django 1.4-1.4.8 1.5-1.5.4 1.6-1.6 beta 4 - Denial of Service via Long Password Hashing
Title source: llmDescription
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)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2758
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://python.6.x6.nabble.com/Set-a-reasonable-upper-bound-on-password-length-td5032218.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/15/security/
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00035.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0266
EPSS Percentile
83.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (13)
djangoproject/django
1.4
djangoproject/django
1.4.1
djangoproject/django
1.4.2
djangoproject/django
1.4.4
djangoproject/django
1.4.5
djangoproject/django
1.4.6
djangoproject/django
1.4.7
djangoproject/django
1.6 beta1 (3 CPE variants)
djangoproject/django
1.5 (3 CPE variants)
djangoproject/django
1.5.1
... and 3 more
Published
Sep 23, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026