Description

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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2014-9034

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Oracle Database Server CVE-2011-0879 Vulnerability (CVE-2011-0879)

Microsoft SQL Server Other Vulnerability (CVE-2000-1085)

MySQL CVE-2021-2021 Vulnerability (CVE-2021-2021)

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2014-9034

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities