CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-6565

Published: Aug 24, 2015 | Modified: Dec 13, 2022
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

sshd in OpenSSH 6.8 and 6.9 uses world-writable permissions for TTY devices, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (terminal disruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to a device, as demonstrated by writing an escape sequence.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openssh Openbsd 6.8 (including) 6.8 (including)
Openssh Openbsd 6.9 (including) 6.9 (including)
Openssh Ubuntu upstream *

References