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Medium ALSA-2024:0606 2 CVEs

Moderate: openssh security update

Published Jan 30, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

OpenSSH is an SSH protocol implementation supported by a number of Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. It includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH client and server.

Security Fix(es):

* ssh: Prefix truncation attack on Binary Packet Protocol (BPP) (CVE-2023-48795)
* openssh: potential command injection via shell metacharacters (CVE-2023-51385)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 openssh 8.0p1-19.el8_9.2
AlmaLinux · 8 openssh-askpass 8.0p1-19.el8_9.2
AlmaLinux · 8 openssh-cavs 8.0p1-19.el8_9.2
AlmaLinux · 8 openssh-clients 8.0p1-19.el8_9.2
AlmaLinux · 8 openssh-keycat 8.0p1-19.el8_9.2
AlmaLinux · 8 openssh-ldap 8.0p1-19.el8_9.2
AlmaLinux · 8 openssh-server 8.0p1-19.el8_9.2
AlmaLinux · 8 pam_ssh_agent_auth 0.10.3-7.19.el8_9.2

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-48795
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51385
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2254210
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255271
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-0606.html