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PYSEC-2013-18

Quick fix

PYSEC-2013-18 — django: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'django>=1.4.8'

Details

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.

Are you affected?

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Affected packages

PyPI/django

Introduced in: 1.4Fixed in: 1.4.8

Fixpip install --upgrade 'django>=1.4.8'

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2758[ADVISORY]
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/15/security/[ARTICLE]
http://python.6.x6.nabble.com/Set-a-reasonable-upper-bound-on-password-length-td5032218.html[WEB]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html[WEB]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00035.html[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4c42-4rxm-x6qf[ADVISORY]