Issue:
PowerChute Network Shutdown version 5.1 VM is affected by CVE-2024-6387 if the SSH service has been enabled.

NOTE: By default, SSH is not enabled on the PowerChute AlmaLinux VM.

Products:
PowerChute Network Shutdown v5.1

Environment:
PowerChute Network Shutdown v5.1 AlmaLinux VM on VMware ESXi when SSH has been enabled.

Cause:
OpenSSH v 8.0p1-24.el8.x86_64

Solution:
Upgrade OpenSSH or disable the SSH service. Recommended to upgrade OpenSSH.

To upgrade OpenSSH, log into the PowerChute VM as root and run the command
dnf --refresh upgrade openssh

To verify OpenSSH has upgraded, run the command
rpm -q openssh

For more information on CVE-2024-6387 go to the link below.
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-07-01-almalinux-9-cve-2024-6387/

Published for:APC Belgium