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SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Since he doesn’t mention it in his ‘fantastic’ reporting, OpenSSH 9.6 was released Monday that will patch this attack.

I am tempted to delete this post just for the article's stupid clickbait headline, but it still will probably cause some people to go update their OpenSSH installs, so... meh.

Anyone who actually wants to know details of the vulnerability should read the website about it which is obviously much better than this article.

Also, since he doesn’t mention it, if on the Internet, the MITM would have to be installed at both end points (client side and server side) to be effective without the patch.

Huh? No. The attacker doesn't need to be in two places or even near either end per se, they could be located at any fully on-path position between the client and server.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

It's better that you guys discuss it in the comments and the click bait effectively makes me click the comments so it all worked out; thanks all.