GoogleOSV:GHSA-4C42-4RXM-X6QFDjango Denial of Service Vulnerability in the authentication framework
EPSS
Percentile
85.8%
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.
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00035.html
python.6.x6.nabble.com/Set-a-reasonable-upper-bound-on-password-length-td5032218.html
www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2758
github.com/django/django
github.com/django/django/commit/22b74fa09d7ccbc8c52270d648a0da7f3f0fa2bc
github.com/django/django/commit/3f3d887a6844ec2db743fee64c9e53e04d39a368
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1443
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/15/security
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