CVE-2015-6564

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-08-11

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mm_answer_pam_free_ctx function inmonitor.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.

See more information about CVE-2015-6564 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (openssh)	ELSA-2016-0741	2016-05-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (openssh)	ELSA-2015-2088	2015-11-23
Oracle VM version 3.3 (openssh)	OVMSA-2016-0048	2016-05-13
Oracle VM version 3.4 (openssh)	OVMSA-2016-0048	2016-05-13

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