Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-6515

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.

  • Published: Aug 7, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-6515
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
openbsd / openssh - 7.2.x
fedoraproject / fedora 24 24.x