ALPINE-CVE-2016-6515

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CVE-2016-6515
Published: 07 Aug 2016, 21:59
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:02

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Aug 2016, 21:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:02
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

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

Affected Systems

  • alpine•openssh

    < 6.8_p1-r8 | < 7.2_p2-r2 | < 7.2_p2-r2

References (1)