Debian Security Bug TrackerDEBIANCVE:CVE-2016-6515CVE-2016-6515
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.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | 12 | all | openssh | < 1:7.3p1-1 | openssh_1:7.3p1-1_all.deb |
| Debian | 11 | all | openssh | < 1:7.3p1-1 | openssh_1:7.3p1-1_all.deb |
| Debian | 10 | all | openssh | < 1:7.3p1-1 | openssh_1:7.3p1-1_all.deb |
| Debian | 999 | all | openssh | < 1:7.3p1-1 | openssh_1:7.3p1-1_all.deb |
| Debian | 13 | all | openssh | < 1:7.3p1-1 | openssh_1:7.3p1-1_all.deb |
Related
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%