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Fedora 24: FEDORA-2016-2d90928b5b critical: openssh NULL dereference

fedora
Calendar Grey October 3, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important release for Fedora 24 addresses NULL pointer issue in OpenSSH, bolstering the security of SSH connections. Discover more!
Fix NULL dereference (#1380297)

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:

Fix NULL dereference (#1380297)

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora critical fix openssh NULL dereference

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1380296 - openssh: Null pointer dereference due to early NEWKEYS https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380296

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 .

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Name: openssh
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 7.2p2
Release: 13.fc24
URL: https://www.openssh.org/portable.html
Summary: An open source implementation of SSH protocol versions 1 and 2

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security advisory software update Fedora critical fix openssh NULL dereference

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