Regression in signal handler.
This vulnerability is exploitable remotely on glibc-based Linux systems, where syslog() itself calls async-signal-unsafe functions (for example, malloc() and free()): an unauthenticated remote code execution as root, because it affects sshd’s privileged code, which is not sandboxed and runs with full privileges.
8.5p1 <= OpenSSH < 9.8p1 is vulnerable
what does that mean? I don’t understand multiple signs in the same sentence and what is the significance of having “OpenSSH” in the middle?
You can read them as separate statements with the middle repeated and a logical AND between them:
If (8.5p1 <= your OpenSSH version) AND (your OpenSSH version < 9.8p1) Then you are vulnerable
It’s the same as saying if your OpenSSH version is between these two versions (including 8.5p1, but not 9.8p1), then you are vulnerable
