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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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-08-07T00:00:00
Updated: 2022-12-13T00:00:00
Reserved: 2016-08-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-6515
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-08-07T21:59:09.943
Modified: 2023-11-07T02:34:03.377
Link: CVE-2016-6515
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