OpenSSH Race Condition leading to RCE, known as regreSSHion
CVE-2024-6387 Published on July 1, 2024

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

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-6387 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2024-6387. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 4 days later.

Weakness Type

Signal Handler Race Condition

The software uses a signal handler that introduces a race condition.


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Exploit Probability

EPSS
40.79%
Percentile
97.29%

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