CVE-2024-6387
Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- Jul 1, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 27, 2024
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-364 Signal Handler Race Condition
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
OpenSSH |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportRed Hat |
|
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13Red Hat |
|
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14Red Hat |
|
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15Red Hat |
|
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16Red Hat |
|
Red Hat Ceph Storage 5Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ceph Storage 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ceph Storage 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat |
References
- RHSA-2024:4312vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2024:4340vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2024:4389vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2024:4469vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2024:4474vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2024:4479vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2024:4484vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6387vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2294604issue-tracking
- https://santandersecurityresearch.github.io/blog/sshing_the_masses.html
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.8
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/07/01/cve-2024-6387/regresshion.txt
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/regresshion-an-openssh-regression-error-cve-2024-6387
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52269
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/190587/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/01/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/01/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/04/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/04/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/08/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/08/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/09/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/09/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/10/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/10/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/10/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/10/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/10/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/11/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/11/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/23/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/28/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/28/3
- https://archlinux.org/news/the-sshd-service-needs-to-be-restarted-after-upgrading-to-openssh-98p1/
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/regresshion-vulnerability-in-openssh-gives-attackers-root-on-linux/
- https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2024/07/01/regresshion-remote-unauthenticated-code-execution-vulnerability-in-openssh-server
- https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2024-6387.html
- https://forum.vmssoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9132
- https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2024-002.txt.asc
- https://github.com/AlmaLinux/updates/issues/629
- https://github.com/Azure/AKS/issues/4379
- https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/discussions/2248
- https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/2249
- https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux/issues/9555
- https://github.com/openela-main/openssh/commit/e1f438970e5a337a17070a637c1b9e19697cad09
- https://github.com/oracle/oracle-linux/issues/149
- https://github.com/rapier1/hpn-ssh/issues/87
- https://github.com/zgzhang/cve-2024-6387-poc
- https://lists.almalinux.org/archives/list/announce@lists.almalinux.org/thread/23BF5BMGFVEVUI2WNVAGMLKT557EU7VY/
- https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-announce/2024-July/000158.html
- https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-dev/2024-July/041431.html
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40843778
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2024-0010
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-6387
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240701-0001/
- https://sig-security.rocky.page/issues/CVE-2024-6387/
- https://stackdiary.com/openssh-race-condition-in-sshd-allows-remote-code-execution/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-6387
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6859-1
- https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/2024-openssh-vulnerability-regression-what-to-know-and-do
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/19904-security-advisory-0100
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-24:04.openssh.asc
- https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/cve-2024-6387-regresshion-vulnerability.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6387.html
- https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/01/regresshion_openssh/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214118
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214120
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-446545.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
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