CVE-2014-9016

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9016
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-24 15:59:17 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe password hashing API in Drupal 7.x before 7.34 and the Secure Password Hashes (aka phpass) module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.1 for Drupal allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal All All All All
Application Secure Password Hashes Project Secure Passwords Hashes All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: Pending CVE assignments for SA-CORE-2014-006? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA59814 - Debian update for drupal7 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
SA-CONTRIB-2014-113 - Secure Password Hashes - Denial of Service | Drupal.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.drupal.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3075-1 drupal7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Pending CVE assignments for SA-CORE-2014-006? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
phpass 6.x-2.1 | Drupal.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.drupal.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Drupal Core - Moderately Critical - Multiple Vulnerabilities - SA-CORE-2014-006 | Drupal.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.drupal.org Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: [security] Pending CVE assignments for SA-CORE-2014-006? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA59164 - Drupal Session Hijacking and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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