Fluid Attacks Database

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	openssh	>=0 <1:6.9p1-1	1:6.9p1-1
debian 13	openssh	>=0 <1:6.9p1-1	1:6.9p1-1
debian 14	openssh	>=0 <1:6.9p1-1	1:6.9p1-1
rpm rhel6	openssh	<0:5.3p1-117.el6	0:5.3p1-117.el6
debian 11	openssh	>=0 <1:6.9p1-1	1:6.9p1-1
rpm rhel7	openssh	<0:6.6.1p1-22.el7	0:6.6.1p1-22.el7
rpm rhel5	openssh	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2015-65642. NVD-2015-65643. OSV-DEBIAN-2015-65644. OSV-2015-65645. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2015-6564

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