CVE-2013-1443

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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1443
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/22b74fa09d7ccbc8c52270d648a0da7f3f0fa2bc
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/3f3d887a6844ec2db743fee64c9e53e04d39a368
• https://github.com/django/django
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2013-18.yaml
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/15/security
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00035.html
• http://python.6.x6.nabble.com/Set-a-reasonable-upper-bound-on-password-length-td5032218.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2758
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/15/security/
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1443

CWEs

CWE-287