CVE-2016-6515
Published: 07 August 2016
The auth_password function in auth-passwd.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.3 does not limit password lengths for password authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crypt CPU consumption) via a long string.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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openssh Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(1:7.3p1-1)
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| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.1)
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.8)
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Patches: Upstream: https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/fcd135c9df440bcd2d5870405ad3311743d78d97 |
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