CVE-2015-0885 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in checkpw 1.02 and earlier, affecting Debian Linux and the checkpw project. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger an infinite loop by providing a "--" in a username, leading to system unavailability. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring low attack complexity and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkpw_project:checkpw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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