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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6563
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6563
PUBLISHED
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.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | openssh | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | openssh | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | openssh | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | openssh | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Aug 24, 2015 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated