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CVE-2015-6564

openssh: Use-after-free bug related to PAM support

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4

CVSS 2.0

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Published · August 11, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in OpenSSH. An attacker able to fully compromise a non-privileged pre-authentication process using a different flaw could possibly cause sshd to crash or execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE-416 · Use After Free