Debian Security Advisory

DLA-191-1 checkpw -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
09 Apr 2015
Affected Packages:
checkpw
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-0885.
More information:

Hiroya Ito of GMO Pepabo, Inc. reported that checkpw, a password authentication program, has a flaw in processing account names which contain double dashes. A remote attacker can use this flaw to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

Thanks to Markus Koschany who prepared the Debian package.