CVE-2015-6563

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-6563
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2015-08-24T01:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-12-13T12:15:17
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.9
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.11.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 1.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
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-7.0 Vendor 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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6563
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6563
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:45:06 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 06:06:26 2015-08-24T01:59Z 2015-08-24T01:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 06:06:26 2019-03-26T17:29:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 06:06:26 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-13 13:06:28 2022-12-13T12:15:17 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-13 13:06:30 References updated
2023-01-19 16:05:17 Modified Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-20 15:05:01 Undergoing Analysis Modified Vulnerability Status updated