Vulnetix
Try Vulnetix Request Demo
ALPINE-CVE-2016-6515 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.4openssh6.9, 6.9, 6.9
Alpine:v3.3openssh*, 0, 5.1_p1-r2
Alpine:v3.2openssh0, 6.8, 6.8

Timeline

References

Open in Interactive Console →