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CVE-2015-6565

Publication date 24 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openssh 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes


mdeslaur

in wily, patch is called backport-fix-pty-permissions.patch