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alpinelinuxAlpine Linux Development TeamALPINE:CVE-2016-6515
HistoryAug 07, 2016 - 9:59 p.m.

CVE-2016-6515

2016-08-0721:59:00
Alpine Linux Development Team
security.alpinelinux.org
17

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.8 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.045 Low

EPSS

Percentile

92.4%

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Alpine3.2-mainnoarchopenssh< 6.8_p1-r8UNKNOWN
Alpine3.3-mainnoarchopenssh< 7.2_p2-r2UNKNOWN
Alpine3.4-mainnoarchopenssh< 7.2_p2-r2UNKNOWN

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.8 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.045 Low

EPSS

Percentile

92.4%