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HIGH8.1

GHSA-43h9-p3j4-39hm

Liferay Portal defaults to a low work factor for the default password hashing algorithm

Quick fix

GHSA-43h9-p3j4-39hm — com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

# pom.xml: bump <version>7.3.10.u4</version> for com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom

Details

The default password hashing algorithm (PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA1) in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.15, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 16, 7.3 before update 4, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions defaults to a low work factor, which allows attackers to quickly crack password hashes.

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Affected packages

Maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Introduced in: 7.3.0Fixed in: 7.3.10.u4
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>7.3.10.u4</version> for com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 7.2.10.fp17
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>7.2.10.fp17</version> for com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Introduced in: 7.4.0Fixed in: 7.4.13.u16
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>7.4.13.u16</version> for com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Maven/com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 7.4.3.14
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>7.4.3.14</version> for com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
Maven/com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 38.0.0
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>38.0.0</version> for com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel

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