vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-6515: Moderate: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:2029)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Aug 7, 2016 | Aug 28, 2019 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 7, 2016
Added
Aug 28, 2019
Modified
May 25, 2023
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.
Solution(s)
centos-upgrade-opensshcentos-upgrade-openssh-askpasscentos-upgrade-openssh-cavscentos-upgrade-openssh-clientscentos-upgrade-openssh-debuginfocentos-upgrade-openssh-keycatcentos-upgrade-openssh-ldapcentos-upgrade-openssh-servercentos-upgrade-openssh-server-sysvinitcentos-upgrade-pam_ssh_agent_auth
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