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A severe vulnerability in OpenSSH, dubbed "regreSSHion" (CVE-2024-6387), has been discovered by the Qualys Threat Research Unit, potentially exposing

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[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 16 points 2 days ago

Last I read about it it required connecting for 6-7 hours continuously on 32bit systems, and it's unknown how long it would take on 64bit.

[-] tmpod@lemmy.pt 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah, exactly. Very impracticable.

[-] andrew@radiation.party 5 points 2 days ago

But, eventually exploitable is still a pretty major concern for anybody who has systems running longer than a few days at a time.

[-] tmpod@lemmy.pt 2 points 2 days ago

True, an RCE is always a serious thing. Just saying it's not exactly catastrophic like others have been more so.

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