Re: WordPress 3.5.1, Denial of Service

[Henri Salo <henri () nerv fi>]

On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 06:29:48PM +0200, Krzysztof Katowicz-Kowalewski wrote:
> Version 3.5.1 (latest) of popular blogging engine WordPress suffers from remote denial of service vulnerability. The 
> bug exists in encryption module (class-phpass.php). The exploitation of this vulnerability is possible only when at 
> least one post is protected by a password.
>
> Time frames:
> 31.05.2013 WordPress security team has been informed about the vulnerability (no response).
> 07.06.2013 The vulnerability has been released to the public.
>
> More information (including proof of concept):
> https://vndh.net/note:wordpress-351-denial-service
>
> A way out (before official WordPress update) to secure existing installations is to apply the following patch:
>
> --- wp-includes/class-phpass.php
> +++ wp-includes/class-phpass.php
> @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
>                       return $output;
>  
>               $count_log2 = strpos($this->itoa64, $setting[3]);
> -             if ($count_log2 < 7 || $count_log2 > 30)
> +             if ($count_log2 < 7 || $count_log2 > 13)
>                       return $output;
>  
>               $count = 1 << $count_log2;

Please use CVE-2013-2173 for this issue.

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Henri Salo

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