From ead7c496a4bdd0eb8e2282ce982e1292846e7c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 09:33:29 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [1.4.x] Added 1.4.9 release notes Backport of 2eb8f15516 from master --- docs/releases/1.4.9.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ docs/releases/index.txt | 2 +- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 docs/releases/1.4.9.txt diff --git a/docs/releases/1.4.9.txt b/docs/releases/1.4.9.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..de66eb78f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releases/1.4.9.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +========================== +Django 1.4.9 release notes +========================== + +*October 22, 2013* + +Django 1.4.9 fixes a security-related bug in the 1.4 series and one other +data corruption bug. + +Readdressed denial-of-service via password hashers +-------------------------------------------------- + +Django 1.4.8 imposes a 4096-byte limit on passwords in order to mitigate a +denial-of-service attack through submission of bogus but extremely large +passwords. In Django 1.5.5, we've reverted this change and instead improved +the speed of our PBKDF2 algorithm by not rehashing the key on every iteration. + +Bugfixes +======== + +* Fixed a data corruption bug with ``datetime_safe.datetime.combine`` (#21256). diff --git a/docs/releases/index.txt b/docs/releases/index.txt index 56b1155fac..4673b5a302 100644 --- a/docs/releases/index.txt +++ b/docs/releases/index.txt @@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ up to and including the new version. Final releases ============== - 1.4 release ----------- .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + 1.4.9 1.4.8 1.4.7 1.4.6