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Fedora 24 Gsi-Openssh Update: Essential Security Fixes for SSH

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Vital patches for gsi-openssh in Fedora 24 address critical weaknesses and bolster security measures.
Sync with openssh package.

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 version of OpenSSH has been modified to support GSI authentication.

This package includes the core files necessary for both the gsissh

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

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

Update Information:

Sync with openssh package.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora security fix authentication important update SSH protocol gsi-openssh

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1318201 - CVE-2016-3115 gsi-openssh: openssh: missing sanitisation of input for X11 forwarding [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318201

Update Instructions

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

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Name: gsi-openssh
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 7.2p2
Release: 2.fc24
URL: https://www.openssh.org/portable.html
Summary: An implementation of the SSH protocol with GSI authentication

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora security fix authentication important update SSH protocol gsi-openssh

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