Vulnerability in Checkpw Project

CVE-2015-0885

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

EPSS: 0.024 (82.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Checkpw_project Checkpw
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

vultures@jpcert.or.jp (x_refsource_JVN, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (x_refsource_JVNDB, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)