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Linux@programming.dev · 4 months ago

'Critical' vulnerability in OpenSSH uncovered, affects almost all Linux systems

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'Critical' vulnerability in OpenSSH uncovered, affects almost all Linux systems

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Linux@programming.dev · 4 months ago

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Researchers at the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) have unearthed discovered a critical security flaw in OpenSSH's server (sshd) in glibc-based Linux systems.

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They have named this vulnerability “regreSSHion”, since it represents the re-emergence of a bug that was previously patched in 2006

That’s a great name
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  Agreed, but I had to disable autocorrect to type it on my phone.
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  Playful and descriptive!

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