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regreSSHion - an OpenSSH RCE Vulnerability: What You Should Know

by Matthew Lloyd Davies and Michael Teske

Get to know how you might be affected by regreSSHion, an OpenSSH vulnerability that allows for remote code execution, and learn what you can do to assess and mitigate the impact.

What you'll learn

Dubbed regreSSHion by security researchers, CVE-2024-6387 is a vulnerability in OpenSSH which affects glibc-based Linux systems. You'll discover why it’s important, how you can risk-assess your exposure, and what you can do to mitigate and control the risk.

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OpenSSH RCE Vulnerability: What You Should Know
12mins

About the authors

Matt is a cyber security author and researcher here at Pluralsight. A certified penetration tester and incident handler, he created Pluralsight's CompTIA Pentest+ Specialized Attacks courses as well our courses on wireless, ICS/OT and hardware hacking. Matt has also helped to build our security labs portfolio; labs that help you get hands-on to understand the threats and vulnerabilities your organization faces today. With a background in Chemical Engineering, Matt's focus is on the security ... more

Michael Teske is a principal security author with Pluralsight helping people build their skills toolkit. Michael has 25+ years of experience in the IT Ops/Cloud/Cybersecurity industry including 17 of those years as an IT instructor at a technical college, focusing on Microsoft server infrastructure, security and automation. Michael attained his MBA with an emphasis in Computer Information System Security several years ago. Michael still keeps up with the industry as an independent consultant in ... more

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