CVE-2015-6563
The monitor component in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.0 on non-OpenBSD platforms accepts extraneous username data in MONITOR_REQ_PAM_INIT_CTX requests, which allows local users to conduct impersonation attacks by leveraging any SSH login access in…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The monitor component in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.0 on non-OpenBSD platforms accepts extraneous username data in MONITOR_REQ_PAM_INIT_CTX requests, which allows local users to conduct impersonation attacks by leveraging any SSH login access in conjunction with control of the sshd uid to send a crafted MONITOR_REQ_PWNAM request, related to monitor.c and monitor_wrap.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- openbsd/openssh · apple/mac os x
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
- 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-7.0Vendor Advisory
- 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://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/d4697fe9a28dab7255c60433e4dd23cf7fce8a8b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-04
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0002/
- https://support.apple.com/HT205375
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2019-766
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
- 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-7.0Vendor Advisory
- 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://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.