Improper Authentication in Django - CVE-2013-1443
Published: September 23, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32615
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1443
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Affected software
Django
py-django (Alpine package)
Django14
Fedora
py-django (Alpine package)
Django14
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1443
Install update from vendor's website.
Django - update to 1.4.8
py-django (Alpine package) - update to 1.5.5-r0
Django14 - update to 1.4.8-1.el6
py-django (Alpine package) - update to 1.5.5-r0
Django14 - update to 1.4.8-1.el6
External References
- 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/