DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6515

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6515
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6515.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6515
Upstream
Published
2016-08-07T21:59:09Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:44Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.3p1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.3p1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.3p1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.3p1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}