PYSEC-2016-16

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    PYSEC-2016-16

    Published: 8 Apr 2016Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The password hasher in contrib/auth/hashers.py in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack involving login requests.

    References: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/, https://github.com/django/django/commit/67b46ba7016da2d259c1ecc7d666d11f5e1cfaab, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83878, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fp6p-5xvw-m74f

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: django

    Purl: pkg:pypi/django

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -67b46ba7016da2d259c1ecc7d666d11f5e1cfaab

    Affected versions

    1.0.1
    1.0.2
    1.0.3
    1.0.4
    1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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