CVE-2014-9016 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The 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.

Published: 2014-11-24

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 79.8% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:secure_password_hashes_project:secure_passwords_hashes::::::drupal::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-3075-1	drupal7 security update

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.79786.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/59164
http://secunia.com/advisories/59814
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3075
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/21
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/1
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-006
https://www.drupal.org/node/2378367
https://www.drupal.org/node/2378375

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Drupal Drupal

Secure Password Hashes Project Secure Passwords Hashes

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-11-24T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:33:13.282Z

Reserved: 2014-11-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9016

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-24T15:59:17.920

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-9016

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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