CVE-2015-6565
N/A
Published: August 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSH
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (11)
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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