Summary
A vulnerability in the password hashing API of Drupal 7 can lead to a DoS.
Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Drupal 7.34 or later
Insight
Drupal 7 includes a password hashing API to ensure that user supplied passwords are not stored in plain text. An attacker can send specially crafted requests resulting in CPU and memory exhaustion.
Affected
Drupal 7
Detection
Check the version of Drupal.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-9016 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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