pbkdf2 rehashes long passwords on every iteration, enabling denial of service

Description

This is the same bug as Django had (CVE-2013-1443).

Recommendation

Update the pbkdf2 package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

Affected version(s): <= 3.1.6
Patched version(s): 3.1.7

References

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