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Alpine: openssh: security update to 7.2_p2-r2

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 406044

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2016-6515)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-6515

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 406044

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6515

BID: 92212