USN-6887-1: OpenSSH vulnerability
Publication date
9 July 2024
Overview
OpenSSH could be made to expose timing information over the network.
Releases
Packages
- openssh - secure shell (SSH) for secure access to remote machines
Details
Philippos Giavridis, Jacky Wei En Kung, Daniel Hugenroth, and Alastair
Beresford discovered that the OpenSSH ObscureKeystrokeTiming feature did
not work as expected. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
determine timing information about keystrokes.
Philippos Giavridis, Jacky Wei En Kung, Daniel Hugenroth, and Alastair
Beresford discovered that the OpenSSH ObscureKeystrokeTiming feature did
not work as expected. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
determine timing information about keystrokes.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 24.04 noble | openssh-client – 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.4 | ||
| openssh-server – 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.4 | |||
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