Vulnerability CVE-2015-6564
Published: 2015-08-23   Modified: 2015-08-24

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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Openbsd -> Openssh 

 References:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165170.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00017.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0741.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/54
http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/22/1
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76317
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/5e75f5198769056089fb06c4d738ab0e5abc66f7
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10136
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-04
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2019-764
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