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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
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        "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.2",
        "name": "openssh",
        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/openssh?arch=source"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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              "fixed": "6.8_p1-r8"
            }
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
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    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.3",
        "name": "openssh",
        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/openssh?arch=source"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.2_p2-r2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.4",
        "name": "openssh",
        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/openssh?arch=source"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.2_p2-r2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "details": "The auth_password function in auth-passwd.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.3 does not limit password lengths for password authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crypt CPU consumption) via a long string.",
  "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2016-6515",
  "modified": "2025-11-19T01:01:47.723406127Z",
  "published": "2016-08-07T21:59:09.943Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-6515"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-6515"
  ]
}