CVE-2016-6515
HIGH7.5EPSS 77.1%openssh - security update
Published: 8/7/2016Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2016-6515DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6515
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 packages (3)
- Alpine/opensshfrom 0, < 6.8_p1-r8
- Debian/opensshfrom 0, < 1:7.3p1-1
- Debian/opensshfrom 0, < 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |