CVE-2013-1443
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
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
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.5.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.5.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.5.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.5.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.5.4-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.