CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-0885

Published: Feb 28, 2015 | Modified: Sep 24, 2015
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Debian_linux Debian 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Checkpw Ubuntu lucid *
Checkpw Ubuntu precise *
Checkpw Ubuntu trusty *
Checkpw Ubuntu upstream *
Checkpw Ubuntu utopic *

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