News 'Critical' vulnerability in OpenSSH uncovered, affects almost all Linux systems

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CVE-2024-6387

'Critical' vulnerability in OpenSSH uncovered, affects almost all Linux systems

Researchers at the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) have unearthed discovered a critical security flaw in OpenSSH's server (sshd) in glibc-based Linux systems.

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“The new vulnerability, assigned CVE-2024-6387, allows for unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) with root privileges, posing a severe threat to affected systems.

An attacker could potentially gain complete control of the affected system, executing arbitrary code with root privileges. This could allow the installation of malware, the creation of backdoors and the exfiltration or manipulation of data. In addition, gaining root privileges could allow the intruder to disable or bypass critical security systems in order to maintain a permanent presence.”

“Customers are advised to upgrade to OpenSSH 9.8 or later to remediate this vulnerability.”

 

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Mitigating CVE-2024-6387​

• Patch Systems: OpenSSH released version 9.8 on July 1, 2024, addressing this vulnerability. Ensure all systems are updated.
• Network Controls: Implement firewalls and intrusion detection/prevention systems to monitor and control SSH traffic, mitigating the risk of prolonged connections.

If you are unable to take these actions, this signal handler
race condition can be fixed by simply setting LoginGraceTime to 0 in the configuration file. This makes sshd vulnerable to a denial of service
(the exhaustion of all MaxStartups connections), but it makes it safe
from the remote code execution presented in this advisory.

Furthermore, in an advisory OpenSSH stated that “Under lab conditions, the attack requires on average 6-8 hours of continuous connections up to the maximum the server will accept

https://www.qualys.com/2024/07/01/cve-2024-6387/regresshion.txt#

What you need to know: OpenSSH RegreSSHion CVE-2024-6387

OpenSSH vulnerability CVE-2024-6387 poses a critical risk, allowing remote code execution on Linux systems. Patch and protect your organization now.

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