sha256crypt and sha512crypt through 0.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because the algorithm's runtime is proportional to the square of the length of the password.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3101 sha256crypt and sha512crypt through 0.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because the algorithm's runtime is proportional to the square of the length of the password.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:47:34.906Z

Reserved: 2022-02-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-20013

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Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-19T05:15:09.413

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:47:33.427

Link: CVE-2016-20013

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