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HistorySep 23, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

DOS via large passwords

2013-09-2300:00:00
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/gemnasium-db
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10

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.3%

The authentication framework (django.contrib.auth) computes the hash of a password each time a user attempts to log in, no matter the length of the password. Thus, a remote attacker can cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by repeatedly submitting long passwords.

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.3%