CVE

CVE-2016-6515 (openssh)

CVE-2016-6515 (openssh)

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.

Source: CVE-2016-6515 (openssh)

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