CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-6515

7.5 HIGH Published 2016-08-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-08-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• openbsd openssh (<= 7.2) • fedoraproject fedora 24

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References