CVE-2015-6564

NameCVE-2015-6564
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in the mm_answer_pam_free_ctx function in monitor.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.0 on non-OpenBSD platforms might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging control of the sshd uid to send an unexpectedly early MONITOR_REQ_PAM_FREE_CTX request.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1500-1
Debian Bugs795711

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openssh (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)1:9.2p1-2+deb12u3fixed
sid, trixie1:9.9p1-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
opensshsourcejessie1:6.7p1-5+deb8u6DLA-1500-1
opensshsource(unstable)1:6.9p1-1795711

Notes

[wheezy] - openssh <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - openssh <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=5e75f5198769056089fb06c4d738ab0e5abc66f7
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/11/9

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