Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: openssh / openssh-askpass / openssh-askpass-debuginfo / etc (crlsa-2024_4457)

high Nessus Plugin ID 353794

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_4457 advisory.

* openssh: Possible remote code execution due to a race condition in signal handling affecting Rocky Linux 9 (CVE-2024-6409)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_4457.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4457

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2295085

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:4457

http://www.nessus.org/u?01d0ba54

http://www.nessus.org/u?d306c32a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 353794

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2024_4457.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.6

Percentile: 99.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6409

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6409