CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-1443
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-09-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
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.
Affected configurations
• 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
• djangoproject django 1.5
• djangoproject django 1.5.1
• djangoproject django 1.5.2
• djangoproject django 1.5.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00035.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://python.6.x6.nabble.com/Set-a-reasonable-upper-bound-on-password-length-td5032218.html python.6.x6.nabble.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2758 www.debian.org
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/15/security/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00035.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://python.6.x6.nabble.com/Set-a-reasonable-upper-bound-on-password-length-td5032218.html python.6.x6.nabble.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2758 www.debian.org
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/15/security/ Patch, Vendor Advisory