CVE-2016-6515

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.

Date published : 2016-08-07

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92212

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html