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

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.pt/post/5733711

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

  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
    6·
    4 months ago

    Some package managers have a command to see if anything is in need of restart. Zypper has ps -s for example. I’d restart to be sure though.

    • dinoEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      My server tells me a restart would be required because of:

      linux-base linux-image-6.1.0-22-amd64

      Does that have anything to do with the SSH package?

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
        2·
        4 months ago

        It sounds like it’s the kernel but whether it has anything to do with ssh, I really don’t know. Sometimes parts work together in surprising ways, as I learned with the recent sshd/systemd/xz exploit.

        You might be fine and this was the most alarming exploit since it’s very inconvenient, but personally I’d restart just to be sure.

      • DigitalDilemma@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        No - it’s the kernel image - the actual operating system, rather than a service that runs on top of it.

        If you just want to restart your ssh service after updating the packages, then “systemctl restart sshd” is all that’s needed, although you should probably reboot whenever the package manager suggests as a general good habit.