CVE-2015-0885 - checkpw 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a

CVE-2015-0885

Summary

checkpw 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a -- (dash dash) in a username.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkpw_project:checkpw:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkpw_project:checkpw:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

CWE

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

confirm	http://checkpw.sourceforge.net/checkpw/changes.txt http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34790526/995575/index.html
debian	DSA-3192
jvn	JVN#34790526
jvndb	JVNDB-2015-000032

Last major update

24-09-2015 - 16:46

Published

28-02-2015 - 02:59

Last modified

24-09-2015 - 16:46