CVE-2024-6387 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2024-6387

Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Red Hat would like to thank Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) (Qualys) for reporting this issue.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

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, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16, Red Hat Ceph Storage 5, Red Hat Ceph Storage 6, Red Hat Ceph Storage 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Vulnerable Versions:
8.5p1, 0:8.7p1-38.el9_4.1, 0:8.7p1-12.el9_0.1, 0:8.7p1-30.el9_2.4, 413.92.202407091321-0, 414.92.202407091253-0, 415.92.202407091355-0, 416.94.202407081958-0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 1st, 2024
Last Modified: July 14th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-364

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.