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CVE-2015-6563 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:6.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165170.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00017.html CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0741.html CVE
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf CVE

see all 36 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]
CWE-20Improper Input ValidationCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openbsd openssh
<= 6.9

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x
<= 10.11.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-6563
NVD Published Date:
Aug 24, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-6563 Details - Not Deferred