CVE-2016-6515
N/A
Published: August 7, 2016 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraOpenSSH
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 59%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2029
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/fcd135c9df440bcd2d5870405ad3311743d78d97
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X2L6RW34VFNXYNVVN2CN73YAGJ5VMTFU/
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:06.openssh.asc
References (15)
Mailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/01/2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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