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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-07T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:20.223Z

Reserved: 2016-08-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6515

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-07T21:59:09.943

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:34:03.377

Link: CVE-2016-6515

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6515 - Bugzilla