6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.3%
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.
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/54
www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/11/9
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/22/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/22/1
anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=5e75f5198769056089fb06c4d738ab0e5abc66f7
github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/5e75f5198769056089fb06c4d738ab0e5abc66f7
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-6564
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6564
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6564
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2710-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6564