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diff --git a/docs/releases/1.4.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.4.8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bec5a4b7dc --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releases/1.4.8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +========================== +Django 1.4.7 release notes +========================== + +*September 14, 2013* + +Django 1.4.8 fixes one security issue present in previous Django releases in +the 1.4 series. + +Denial-of-service via password hashers +-------------------------------------- + +In previous versions of Django no limit was imposed on the plaintext +length of a password. This allows a denial-of-service attack through +submission of bogus but extremely large passwords, tying up server +resources performing the (expensive, and increasingly expensive with +the length of the password) calculation of the corresponding hash. + +As of 1.4.8, Django's authentication framework imposes a 4096-byte +limit on passwords, and will fail authentication with any submitted +password of greater length. |