Fedora 23: openssh Security Update 2015-13439
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 .