SB2016110331 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for openssh 

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SB2016110331 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for openssh

Published: November 3, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2016110331
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Incorrect handling of environment files (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8325)

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in portable version of OpenSSH. A local user can execute arbitrary code as root by setting specially crafted environment variables to conduct attacks against the 'bin/login' process on systems, where PAM is configured to read user-specified environment variables and 'sshd_config' is set to 'UseLogin=yes'.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References