Security Advisory

CVE-2015-6565

7.2

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date August 24, 2015
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory