CVE-2016-2513
low
CVSS v3
3.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.1
Description
The password hasher in contrib/auth/hashers.py in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack involving login requests.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
42%
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 | 1.9.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.9.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.9.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.9.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.9.4-1 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83878
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/67b46ba7016da2d259c1ecc7d666d11f5e1cfaab
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2513
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/af7d09b0c5c6ab68e629fd9baf736f9dd203b18e
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/f4e6e02f7713a6924d16540be279909ff4091eb6
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2016-16.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160322001143/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228001222/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83878
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2513
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.