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CVE-2016-6515

high · 7.5

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.

7.5
CVSS
58.6%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2016-08-07
Published

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
openbsdopenssh<= 7.2
fedoraprojectfedora24

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References

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