CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
13.8%
Security Advisory 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. (CVE-2024-6409)
Impact
An attacker may be able to perform a remote code execution (RCE) as an unprivileged user running the sshd server.