| Name | CVE-2024-6409 |
| Description | A race condition vulnerability was discovered in how signals are handled by OpenSSH's server (sshd). If a remote attacker does not authenticate within a set time period, then sshd's SIGALRM handler is called asynchronously. However, this signal handler calls various functions that are not async-signal-safe, for example, syslog(). As a consequence of a successful attack, in the worst case scenario, an attacker may be able to perform a remote code execution (RCE) as an unprivileged user running the sshd server. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.9p1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- openssh <not-affected> (Exploitable issue in RHEL9 packaged versions)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/08/2