Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos
Summary
A security regression (CVE-2006-5051) was discovered in OpenSSH's server (sshd). There is a race condition which can lead sshd to handle some signals in an unsafe manner. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to trigger it by failing to authenticate within a set time period. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13; and 3 more. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.
- 8.5p1
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation
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Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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