<ul><li>The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued a Cyber Security Advisory regarding a critical vulnerability in OpenSSH’s server component on Linux systems.</li><li>The flaw, known as CVE-2024-6387, or “regreSSHion”, enables unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) with root privileges, posing a significant threat of complete system compromise.</li><li>OpenSSH versions 8.5p1 through 9.7p1 are impacted by this vulnerability.</li><li>PTA advises OpenSSH users to upgrade to the recent version (9.8p1) and take additional security measures to prevent exploitation.</li></ul>

PTA Issues Alert on “regreSSHion” Vulnerability in OpenSSH for Linux Systems

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