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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-0885

CVE-2015-0885

Description

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

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Affected products

3

Checkpw Project/Checkpw2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:checkpw_project:checkpw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:checkpw_project:checkpw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.02
- (no CPE)range: <=1.02
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

5

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34790526/995575/index.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34790526/index.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000032nvdVendor Advisory
checkpw.sourceforge.net/checkpw/changes.txtnvd
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3192nvd

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