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CVE-2015-6564 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165170.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00017.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0741.html CVE, MITRE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/54 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/22/1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76317 CVE, MITRE
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf CVE, MITRE
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/5e75f5198769056089fb06c4d738ab0e5abc66f7 CVE, MITRE
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10136 CVE, MITRE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html CVE, MITRE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-04 CVE, MITRE
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2019-764 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-6564
NVD Published Date:
08/23/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE