Debian DSA-3550-1 Critical: OpenSSH Local Privilege Escalation
debian
April 15, 2016
Shayan Sadigh discovered a vulnerability in OpenSSH: If PAM support is enabled and the sshd PAM configuration is configured to read user- specified environment variables and the "U...
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Summary
Shayan Sadigh discovered a vulnerability in OpenSSH: If PAM support is
enabled and the sshd PAM configuration is configured to read user-
specified environment variables and the "UseLogin" option is enabled, a
local user may escalate her privileges to root.
In Debian "UseLogin" is not enabled by default.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 6.0p1-4+deb7u4.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.7p1-5+deb8u2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:7.2p2-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your openssh packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: openssh
CVE ID: CVE-2015-8325
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