wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, 3.9.x before 3.9.3, and 4.x before 4.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password that is improperly handled during hashing, a similar issue to CVE-2014-9016.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wordpress | Wordpress | * | 3.7.4 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.8 (including) | 3.8 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.8.1 (including) | 3.8.1 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.8.2 (including) | 3.8.2 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.8.3 (including) | 3.8.3 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.8.4 (including) | 3.8.4 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.9 (including) | 3.9 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.9.1 (including) | 3.9.1 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.9.2 (including) | 3.9.2 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.0 (including) | 4.0 (including) |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | utopic | * |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30467
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30467
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/