Resource Management Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package checkpw  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CHECKPW-288272
  • published28 Feb 2015
  • disclosed28 Feb 2015

Introduced: 28 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-0885  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream checkpw package and not the checkpw package as distributed by Debian.

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