Description
sshd in OpenSSH 6.8 and 6.9 uses world-writable permissions for TTY devices, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (terminal disruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to a device, as demonstrated by writing an escape sequence.
Published: 2015-08-24
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-6504 sshd in OpenSSH 6.8 and 6.9 uses world-writable permissions for TTY devices, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (terminal disruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to a device, as demonstrated by writing an escape sequence.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:22:22.369Z

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

Link: CVE-2015-6565

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-24T01:59:02.797

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

Link: CVE-2015-6565

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2015-6565 - Bugzilla

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