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HistoryOct 19, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

K31510510 : OpenSSH vulnerability CVE-2016-6515

2016-10-1900:00:00
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7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.045 Low

EPSS

Percentile

92.5%

Security Advisory 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. (CVE-2016-6515)
Impact
This vulnerability allows an attacker to disrupt service.