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GLSA-202407-09 : OpenSSH: Remote Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 201219

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202407-09 (OpenSSH: Remote Code Execution)

 A vulnerability has been discovered in OpenSSH. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All OpenSSH users should upgrade to the latest version and restart the sshd server (to ensure access for new sessions and no vulnerable code keeps running). # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=net- misc/openssh-9.7_p1-r6 With OpenRC: # rc-service sshd restart With systemd: # systemctl try-restart sshd.service

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-09

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=935271

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201219

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202407-09.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/1/2024

Updated: 7/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openssh

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6387