CVE-2015-0885 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2015-02-28

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:checkpw_project:checkpw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-191-1	checkpw security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3192-1	checkpw security update
EUVD	EUVD-2015-0895	checkpw 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a -- (dash dash) in a username.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00887.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://checkpw.sourceforge.net/checkpw/changes.txt
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34790526/995575/index.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34790526/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000032
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3192

History

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Subscriptions

Checkpw Project Checkpw

Debian Debian Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2015-02-28T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:26:11.238Z

Reserved: 2015-01-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-0885

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-28T02:59:35.047

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-0885

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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