CVE-2024-6387

Summary

CVE-2024-6387 is a newly discovered vulnerability in OpenSSH's server (sshd). This issue is a regression of a previously fixed security flaw, CVE-2006-5051. A race condition exists within sshd's signal handling mechanism, allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exploit it by failing to authenticate within a specified time. The consequence can result in the server processing certain signals unsafely.

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