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Researchers uncover 'critical' vulnerability in OpenSSH, affects almost all Linux systems
Researchers at the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) have unearthed discovered a critical security flaw in OpenSSH's server (sshd) in glibc-based Linux systems.
They have named this vulnerability "regreSSHion", since it represents the re-emergence of a bug that was previously patched in 2006 (CVE-2006-5051). It is described as "critical". The new vulner...
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