CVE-2015-0885 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop triggered by a specific username input in the checkpw library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-0885?
CVE-2015-0885 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 28 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
checkpw 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a -- (dash dash) in a username.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0885?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Checkpw Project Checkpw, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2015-0885?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-0885 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0885 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0885, DLA-191-1, DSA-3192-1, GHSA-7vf6-5275-97j2, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0885.