cve-2016-6515
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-08-07 00:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:29
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
84.41% (0.99244)
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/01/2Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140070/OpenSSH-7.2-Denial-Of-Service.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92212
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036487
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2029
cve@mitre.orghttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
cve@mitre.orghttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-676336.pdf
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/fcd135c9df440bcd2d5870405ad3311743d78d97Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X2L6RW34VFNXYNVVN2CN73YAGJ5VMTFU/
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:06.openssh.asc
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0003/
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03779en_us
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40888/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/01/2Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140070/OpenSSH-7.2-Denial-Of-Service.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92212
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036487
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2029
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-676336.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/fcd135c9df440bcd2d5870405ad3311743d78d97Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X2L6RW34VFNXYNVVN2CN73YAGJ5VMTFU/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:06.openssh.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0003/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03779en_us
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40888/
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