High

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

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced 1 Jul 2024Group revision 1

Original source ↗

CVE-2024-6387

Primary source · Revision 1

Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2024-6387

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/6/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/7/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/8/product

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Red Hat Ceph Storage 5

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/9/product

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Red Hat Ceph Storage 6

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/10/product

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Red Hat Ceph Storage 7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/11/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/12/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/13/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/14/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/15/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/16/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6387
Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #28475 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 07:43:11 GMT
Publisher date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:37:25 GMT

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Revision history

25 Oct 2026CVE-2024-6387 · Revision 1Source updated