UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20013
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-20013, https://akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt, https://pthree.org/2018/05/23/do-not-use-sha256crypt-sha512crypt-theyre-dangerous/, https://twitter.com/solardiz/status/795601240151457793, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20013
Affected packages
Package
Name: eglibc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
2.17-93ubuntu4
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
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High
