OpenSSH 6.8/6.9 sshd denial of service : 8/24/2015 3:38:16 AM
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OpenSSH 6.8/6.9 sshd denial of service
8/23/2015 7:00:00 PM
General
scipID: 77398
Affected: OpenSSH 6.8/6.9
Published: 08/24/2015
Risk: problematic
Created: 08/24/2015
Entry: 64.8% complete
Summary
A vulnerability was found in OpenSSH 6.8/6.9. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component sshd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The weakness was presented 08/24/2015. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-6565. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
CVSS
Base Score: 1.5 (CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) [?]
Temp Score: 1.5 (CVSS2#E:ND/RL:ND/RC:ND) [?]
CPE
Exploiting
Class: Denial of service
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: No
Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation known
0-Day Time: 0 days since found
Timeline
08/24/2015 | Advisory disclosed
08/24/2015 | VulDB entry created
08/24/2015 | VulDB entry updated
Sources
CVE: CVE-2015-6565 (mitre.org) (nvd.nist.org) (cvedetails.com)
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