CVE-2015-6564
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-08-24 00:00
Modified
2024-08-06 07:22
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165170.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00017.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0741.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/54
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/22/1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76317
cve@mitre.orghttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/5e75f5198769056089fb06c4d738ab0e5abc66f7
cve@mitre.orghttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10136
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-04
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2019-764
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165170.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00017.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0741.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/54
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/22/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76317
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/5e75f5198769056089fb06c4d738ab0e5abc66f7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10136
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-04
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2019-764
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