CVE-2016-6515

Name	CVE-2016-6515
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-1500-1, DLA-594-1
Debian Bugs	833823

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
openssh (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	1:9.2p1-2+deb12u3	fixed
	sid, trixie	1:9.9p1-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
openssh	source	wheezy	1:6.0p1-4+deb7u6	DLA-594-1
openssh	source	jessie	1:6.7p1-5+deb8u6	DLA-1500-1
openssh	source	(unstable)	1:7.3p1-1		833823

Fixed by: https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=fcd135c9df440bcd2d5870405ad3311743d78d97