Decade-old SSH flaw in OpenSSH on musl-based Linux prompts emergency updates
CRITICAL · VULNERABILITYOpenSSHredteam/daily · 1 source
- Severity
- Critical
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What happened
A decade-old flaw affects Alpine and other distributions running OpenSSH on the musl library, and the article reports that containers, routers and IoT devices are critically vulnerable. Per the report, any password between 257 and 1024 characters unlocks affected systems over SSH, and emergency updates are available.
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What to do
- Apply the emergency OpenSSH updates for Alpine and other musl-based distributions.
- Check containers, routers and IoT devices for OpenSSH running on musl and update them.
- Restrict SSH access to affected systems until the update is installed.
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Who reported · 1 outlet
DataBreaches.net