DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6515

DEBIAN-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

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:14	openssh	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	openssh	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	openssh	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	openssh	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Aug 7, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6515 advisory

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