Auth bypass in Djangoproject Django
CVE-2013-1443
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.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Djangoproject Django — versions 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2758 (vendor-advisory)
- python.6.x6.nabble.com/Set-a-reasonable-upper-bound-on-password-length-td503221… (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/15/security/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00035.html (vendor-advisory)