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CVE-2016-2513

low

Description

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://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fp6p-5xvw-m74f

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/

https://github.com/django/django/commit/67b46ba7016da2d259c1ecc7d666d11f5e1cfaab

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-0005

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83878

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-08

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v4

Base Score: 2.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01082