New OpenSSH Vulnerability Exposes Linux Systems to Remote Command Injection
Details have emerged about a now-patched flaw in OpenSSH that could be potentially exploited to run arbitrary commands remotely on compromised hosts under specific conditions.
“This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable OpenSSH’s forwarded ssh-agent,” Saeed Abbasi, manager of vulnerability research at Qualys, said in an analysis last week.
“This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable OpenSSH’s forwarded ssh-agent,” Saeed Abbasi, manager of vulnerability research at Qualys, said in an analysis last week.
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