CVE-2015-6563
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| macos | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:6.9p1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:6.9p1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:6.9p1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:6.9p1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:6.9p1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openbsd | openssh | {"endIncluding":"6.9"} | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/22/1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165170.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT205375
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76317
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/d4697fe9a28dab7255c60433e4dd23cf7fce8a8b
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-04
- http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0741.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/54
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0002/
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2019-766
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6563
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.