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.
Published: 2015-08-24
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: 2.1% Low
KEV: No
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1500-1 openssh security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-6503 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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Openbsd Openssh
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:22:22.183Z

Reserved: 2015-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6564

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-24T01:59:01.657

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6564

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-08-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-6564 - Bugzilla

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