| Name | CVE-2015-6565 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openssh (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:6.7p1-5+deb8u10 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:7.4p1-10+deb9u6 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:7.4p1-10+deb9u9 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.9p1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| openssh | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- openssh <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduce in V_6_8_P1)
https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=6f941396b6835ad18018845f515b0c4fe20be21a
Issue introduced with https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=a5883d4eccb94b16c355987f58f86a7dee17a0c2 (V_6_8_P1)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/1