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CVE-2013-1895 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in py-bcrypt

HighCVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.8%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

The py-bcrypt module before 0.3 for Python does not properly handle concurrent memory access, which allows attackers to bypass authentication via multiple authentication requests, which trigger the password hash to be overwritten.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pypi py-bcrypt(PyPI) < 0.3 0.3
pypi py-bcrypt(PyPI) = 0.1 No fix listed
pypi py-bcrypt(PyPI) = 0.2 No fix listed
debian/python-bcrypt(Debian:12) < 0.4-1 0.4-1
debian/python-bcrypt(Debian:13) < 0.4-1 0.4-1
debian/python-bcrypt(Debian:14) < 0.4-1 0.4-1
python py-bcrypt < 0.3 0.3
fedoraproject fedora = 17 No fix listed
fedoraproject fedora = 18 No fix listed
py-bcrypt = before 0.3 No fix listed

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