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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-13439
2015-08-14 23:12:51
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Name        : openssh
Product     : Fedora 23
Version     : 7.0p1
Release     : 1.fc23
URL         : http://www.openssh.com/portable.html
Summary     : An open source implementation of SSH protocol versions 1 and 2
Description :
SSH (Secure SHell) is a program for logging into and executing
commands on a remote machine. SSH is intended to replace rlogin and
rsh, and to provide secure encrypted communications between two
untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and
arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.

OpenSSH is OpenBSD's version of the last free version of SSH, bringing
it up to date in terms of security and features.

This package includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH
client and server. To make this package useful, you should also
install openssh-clients, openssh-server, or both.

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Update Information:

New upstream release, fixing several security issues and providing pam_ssh_agent_auth functionality.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1252852 - openssh: Use-after-free bug related to PAM support
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252852
  [ 2 ] Bug #1252844 - openssh: Privilege separation weakness related to PAM support
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252844
  [ 3 ] Bug #1252861 - openssh: Incorrectly set TTYs to be world-writable
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252861
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update openssh' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 23: openssh Security Update 2015-13439

August 18, 2015
New upstream release, fixing several security issues and providing pam_ssh_agent_auth functionality.

Summary

SSH (Secure SHell) is a program for logging into and executing

commands on a remote machine. SSH is intended to replace rlogin and

rsh, and to provide secure encrypted communications between two

untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and

arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.

OpenSSH is OpenBSD's version of the last free version of SSH, bringing

it up to date in terms of security and features.

This package includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH

client and server. To make this package useful, you should also

install openssh-clients, openssh-server, or both.

Update Information:

New upstream release, fixing several security issues and providing pam_ssh_agent_auth functionality.

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1252852 - openssh: Use-after-free bug related to PAM support https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252852 [ 2 ] Bug #1252844 - openssh: Privilege separation weakness related to PAM support https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252844 [ 3 ] Bug #1252861 - openssh: Incorrectly set TTYs to be world-writable https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252861

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update openssh' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : openssh
Product : Fedora 23
Version : 7.0p1
Release : 1.fc23
URL : http://www.openssh.com/portable.html
Summary : An open source implementation of SSH protocol versions 1 and 2

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