CVE-2015-8325 Red Hat Update for openssh Security (RHSA-2017:0641)

OpenSSH is an SSH protocol implementation supported by a number of Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems.

It was discovered that the OpenSSH sshd daemon fetched PAM environment settings before running the login program. In configurations with UseLogin=yes and the pam_env PAM module configured to read user environment settings, a local user could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2015-8325)

A local user could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as root.

Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2017:0641 to address this issue and obtain more information.

Patch:
Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:

RHSA-2017:0641: Red Hat Enterprise Linux