https://vulnerability.circl.lu Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:16:54 +0000 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2016-6515 <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2016-6515 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/usn-3061-1 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: openssh, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: openssh</p> <p>Eddie Harari discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled password hashing when authenticating non-existing users. A remote attacker could perform a timing attack and enumerate valid users. (CVE-2016-6210)</p> <p>Tomas Kuthan, Andres Rojas, and Javier Nieto discovered that OpenSSH did not limit password lengths. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSH to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2016-6515)</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: openssh, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: openssh</p> <p>Eddie Harari discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled password hashing when authenticating non-existing users. A remote attacker could perform a timing attack and enumerate valid users. (CVE-2016-6210)</p> <p>Tomas Kuthan, Andres Rojas, and Javier Nieto discovered that OpenSSH did not limit password lengths. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSH to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2016-6515)</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/usn-3061-1