RHSA-2016:2588MediumCVSS 7.0

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published
November 3, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-8325 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-8325 — openssh: privilege escalation via user's PAM environment and UseLogin=yes

🎯 Affected products104

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • openssh-askpass-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-askpass-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-askpass-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-askpass-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-askpass-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • openssh-askpass-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • openssh-askpass-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-askpass-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • openssh-clients-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssh-clients-0:6.6.1p1-31.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the OpenSSH server daemon (sshd) will be restarted automatically.

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