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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2015-6563) ELSA-2016-0741: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2015-6563) ELSA-2016-0741: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/23/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/12/2016
Modified
12/14/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openssh
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openssh-askpass
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openssh-clients
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openssh-ldap
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openssh-server
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-pam_ssh_agent_auth

References

  • ELSA-2016-0741
  • CVE-2015-6563

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