CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-6564

Published: Aug 24, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
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
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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

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OpensshOpenbsd*6.9 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatopenssh-0:5.3p1-117.el6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatopenssh-0:6.6.1p1-22.el7*
OpensshUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
OpensshUbuntuprecise*
OpensshUbuntutrusty*
OpensshUbuntutrusty/esm*
OpensshUbuntuupstream*
OpensshUbuntuvivid*

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