CVE-2015-5600 (GCVE-0-2015-5600)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-08-03 00:00
Modified
2026-05-27 16:31
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
The kbdint_next_device function in auth2-chall.c in sshd in OpenSSH through 6.9 does not properly restrict the processing of keyboard-interactive devices within a single connection, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks or cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long and duplicative list in the ssh -oKbdInteractiveDevices option, as demonstrated by a modified client that provides a different password for each pam element on this list.
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