DebianDEBIAN:DLA-191-1:AD8BF[SECURITY] [DLA 191-1] checkpw security update
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.017 Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.5%
Package : checkpw
Version : 1.02-1+deb6u1
CVE ID : CVE-2015-0885
Hiroya Ito of GMO Pepabo, Inc. reported that checkpw, a password
authentication program, has a flaw in processing account names which
contain double dashes. A remote attacker can use this flaw to cause a
denial of service (infinite loop).
Thanks to Markus Koschany who prepared the Debian package.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | 6 | amd64 | checkpw | < 1.02-1+deb6u1 | checkpw_1.02-1+deb6u1_amd64.deb |
| Debian | 7 | amd64 | checkpw | < 1.02-1+deb7u1 | checkpw_1.02-1+deb7u1_amd64.deb |
| Debian | 7 | powerpc | checkpw | < 1.02-1+deb7u1 | checkpw_1.02-1+deb7u1_powerpc.deb |
| Debian | 7 | mips | checkpw | < 1.02-1+deb7u1 | checkpw_1.02-1+deb7u1_mips.deb |
| Debian | 7 | sparc | checkpw | < 1.02-1+deb7u1 | checkpw_1.02-1+deb7u1_sparc.deb |
| Debian | 7 | ia64 | checkpw | < 1.02-1+deb7u1 | checkpw_1.02-1+deb7u1_ia64.deb |
| Debian | 7 | s390 | checkpw | < 1.02-1+deb7u1 | checkpw_1.02-1+deb7u1_s390.deb |
| Debian | 7 | all | checkpw | < 1.02-1+deb7u1 | checkpw_1.02-1+deb7u1_all.deb |
| Debian | 7 | kfreebsd-amd64 | checkpw | < 1.02-1+deb7u1 | checkpw_1.02-1+deb7u1_kfreebsd-amd64.deb |
| Debian | 6 | all | checkpw | < 1.02-1+deb6u1 | checkpw_1.02-1+deb6u1_all.deb |
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.017 Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.5%