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openSUSE: 2016:0144-1 Critical: OpenSSH Client Key Exposure

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Calendar Grey January 16, 2016
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
openSUSE Security Update: Security update for openssh ______________________________________________
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

- CVE-2016-0777: A malicious or compromised server could cause the

OpenSSH client to expose part or all of the client's private key

through the roaming feature (bsc#961642)

- CVE-2016-0778: A malicious or compromised server could could trigger

a buffer overflow in the OpenSSH client through the roaming feature

(bsc#961645)

This update disables the undocumented feature supported by the OpenSSH

client and a commercial SSH server.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow critical key exposure ssh opensuse

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4:

zypper in -t patch 2016-48=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

openssh-5.8p1-11.1

openssh-askpass-5.8p1-11.1

openssh-askpass-debuginfo-5.8p1-11.1

openssh-askpass-gnome-5.8p1-11.1

openssh-askpass-gnome-debuginfo-5.8p1-11.1

openssh-debuginfo-5.8p1-11.1

openssh-debugsource-5.8p1-11.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0777.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0778.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/961642

https://bugzilla.suse.com/961645

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:0144-1
Rating: critical
Affected Products: openSUSE Evergreen 11.4

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Topics Covered

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