CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-6564

Published: Aug 24, 2015 | Modified: Dec 13, 2022
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
4 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mm_answer_pam_free_ctx function in monitor.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.0 on non-OpenBSD platforms might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging control of the sshd uid to send an unexpectedly early MONITOR_REQ_PAM_FREE_CTX request.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openssh Openbsd * 6.9 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat openssh-0:5.3p1-117.el6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat openssh-0:6.6.1p1-22.el7 *
Openssh Ubuntu precise *
Openssh Ubuntu trusty *
Openssh Ubuntu upstream *
Openssh Ubuntu vivid *

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