cross-posted from: https://lemmy.pt/post/5733711

A severe vulnerability in OpenSSH, dubbed “regreSSHion” (CVE-2024-6387), has been discovered by the Qualys Threat Research Unit, potentially exposing

  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    It sounds like it’s the kernel but whether it has anything to do with ssh, I really don’t know. Sometimes parts work together in surprising ways, as I learned with the recent sshd/systemd/xz exploit.

    You might be fine and this was the most alarming exploit since it’s very inconvenient, but personally I’d restart just to be sure.