Django up to 1.6 Authentication Framework Large Password improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in Django up to 1.6 (Content Management System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Authentication Framework. The manipulation as part of a Large Password leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 09/15/2013 as Security Release Notes as confirmed blog post (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at djangoproject.com. The public release was coordinated with the project team. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-1443 since 01/26/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70066 (FreeBSD : django -- denial-of-service via large passwords (05dc6efa-2370-11e3-95b7-00e0814cab4e)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195918 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Python-django Vulnerabilities (USN-1967-1)).

Upgrading to version 1.6 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at djangoproject.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87129) and Tenable (70066). Further details are available at arstechnica.com. Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 10295.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 70066
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : django -- denial-of-service via large passwords (05dc6efa-2370-11e3-95b7-00e0814cab4e)
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OpenVAS ID: 892758
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2758-1 (python-django - denial of service
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Upgrade: Django 1.6

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Advisory: Security Release Notes
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CVE: CVE-2013-1443 (🔍)
X-Force: 87129
Vulnerability Center: 41612 - Django Before 1.4.8, Before 1.5.4, and Before 1.6 beta 4 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 62332
Secunia: 54815 - Django Password Hasher Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 97354

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 09/18/2013 12:04
Updated: 05/25/2021 07:58
Changes: 09/18/2013 12:04 (53), 05/11/2017 09:10 (26), 05/25/2021 07:51 (8), 05/25/2021 07:58 (1)
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