CVE-2016-6515
High · 7.5CVSS
7.5
EPSS
58.6%
Published
Aug 7, 2016
CISA due date
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The record
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
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.2 | openssh | 0 | 6.8_p1-r8 |
| Alpine:v3.3 | openssh | 0 | 7.2_p2-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.4 | openssh | 0 | 7.2_p2-r2 |
| Debian:11 | openssh | 0 | 1:7.3p1-1 |
| Debian:12 | openssh | 0 | 1:7.3p1-1 |
| Debian:13 | openssh | 0 | 1:7.3p1-1 |
| Debian:7 | openssh | 0 | 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u6 |
| Debian:8 | openssh | 0 | 1:6.7p1-5+deb8u6 |
| Mageia:5 | openssh | 0 | 6.6p1-5.9.mga5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | openssh | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | openssh-askpass | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | openssh-cavs | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | openssh-clients | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | openssh-debuginfo | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | openssh-keycat | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | openssh-ldap | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | openssh-server | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | openssh-server-sysvinit | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | pam_ssh_agent_auth | 0 | 0:0.10.3-1.11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | openssh | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | openssh-askpass | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | openssh-cavs | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | openssh-clients | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | openssh-debuginfo | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | openssh-keycat | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | openssh-ldap | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | openssh-server | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | openssh-server-sysvinit | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | pam_ssh_agent_auth | 0 | 0:0.10.3-1.11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | openssh | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | openssh-askpass | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | openssh-cavs | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | openssh-clients | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | openssh-debuginfo | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | openssh-keycat | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | openssh-ldap | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | openssh-server | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | openssh-server-sysvinit | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | pam_ssh_agent_auth | 0 | 0:0.10.3-1.11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | openssh | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | openssh-askpass | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | openssh-cavs | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | openssh-clients | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | openssh-debuginfo | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | openssh-keycat | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | openssh-ldap | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | openssh-server | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | openssh-server-sysvinit | 0 | 0:7.4p1-11.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | pam_ssh_agent_auth | 0 | 0:0.10.3-1.11.el7 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | openssh | 0 | 6.6p1-52.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.6p1-52.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | openssh | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.5 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | openssh | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.5 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA | openssh | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.5 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | openssh | 0 | 6.6p1-28.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.6p1-28.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY | openssh-openssl1 | 0 | 6.6p1-15.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | openssh | 0 | 6.6p1-52.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.6p1-52.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | openssh | 0 | 6.6p1-52.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.6p1-52.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | openssh | 0 | 6.6p1-28.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.6p1-28.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | openssh | 0 | 6.6p1-52.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.6p1-52.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | openssh | 0 | 6.6p1-52.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.6p1-52.1 |
| SUSE:Manager 2.1 | openssh | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.2 |
| SUSE:Manager 2.1 | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.5 |
| SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1 | openssh | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.2 |
| SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1 | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.5 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | openssh | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.2 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | openssh-askpass-gnome | 0 | 6.2p2-0.33.5 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | openssh | 0 | 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.8 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | openssh | 0 | 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | openssh | 0 | 7.2p2-3.1 |
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