CVE-2015-0885

medium

Published 2015-02-28 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.02-1.1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.02-1.1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.02-1.1`
debian	7.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
checkpw_project	checkpw	`{"endIncluding":"1.02"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.