vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-6ed5c5e3-a840-11e7-b5af-a4badb2f4699 (CVE-2016-6515): FreeBSD -- OpenSSH Denial of Service vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 3, 2017 | Oct 3, 2017 | Jun 15, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 3, 2017
Added
Oct 3, 2017
Modified
Jun 15, 2026
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.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-base-11_1-release-p1freebsd-upgrade-base-11_0-release-p12freebsd-upgrade-base-10_3-release-p21
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