Access Restriction Bypass Affecting openssh-portable package, versions [0,7.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENSSHPORTABLE-2319260
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed24 Aug 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-6565  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openssh-portable to version 7.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass 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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