CVE-2015-6565 Misconfiguration in n/a
Local users can disrupt terminals or cause denial of service due to world-writable TTY device permissions in OpenSSH.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-6565?
CVE-2015-6565 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 24 Aug 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6565?
It affects 1 product.
Products include OpenSSH.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6565?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6565 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-6565 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6565 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenSSH
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hpw5-44xc-rfvc.