CVE-2016-6515
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-07-21 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
The auth_password function in auth-passwd.c in sshd in OpenSSH before7.3 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.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (openssh) | ELSA-2017-2029 | 2017-08-07 |
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