CVE-2013-1443

N/A Unknown

Published: September 23, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html

Source: security@debian.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00035.html

Source: security@debian.org

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

Source: security@debian.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2758

Source: security@debian.org

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/15/security/

Source: security@debian.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html