Overview
- Description
- sha256crypt and sha512crypt through 0.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because the algorithm's runtime is proportional to the square of the length of the password.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-770
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sha256crypt_project:sha256crypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "1697E25C-6F31-4976-BC6A-82447C6DF44E",
"versionEndIncluding": "0.6"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sha512crypt_project:sha512crypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "91C2A358-8551-4E21-BF7C-47D00524D451",
"versionEndIncluding": "0.6"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]