CVE-2013-1895

Summary

CVECVE-2013-1895
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-28 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-02-04 16:49:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-307

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Application Python Py-bcrypt All All All All
Application Python Py-bcrypt All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2013-1895 py-bcrypt 0.2 concurrency vulnerability (auth bypass) MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: py-bcrypt-0.3-1.fc18 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory, Tool Signature
Python 'py-bcrypt' Module CVE-2013-1895 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: py-bcrypt-0.3-1.fc17 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange MISC exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980442 Python (pip) Security Update for py-bcrypt (GHSA-r838-q6jp-58xx)
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