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openSUSE Leap 15.2: 2020:2129-1 Moderate: Libssh2 Security Issue

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Calendar Grey December 1, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update for openSUSE addresses several vulnerabilities in libssh2, improving both security and performance. Prompt installation advised.
An update that fixes 10 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update for libssh2_org fixes the following issues:

- Version update to 1.9.0: [bsc#1178083, jsc#SLE-16922] Enhancements and

bugfixes:

* adds ECDSA keys and host key support when using OpenSSL

* adds ED25519 key and host key support when using OpenSSL 1.1.1

* adds OpenSSH style key file reading

* adds AES CTR mode support when using WinCNG

* adds PEM passphrase protected file support for Libgcrypt and WinCNG

* adds SHA256 hostkey fingerprint

* adds libssh2_agent_get_identity_path() and

libssh2_agent_set_identity_path()

* adds explicit zeroing of sensitive data in memory

* adds additional bounds checks to network buffer reads

* adds the ability to use the server default permissions when creating

sftp directories

* adds support for building with OpenSSL no engine flag

* adds support for building with LibreSSL

* increased sftp packet size to...

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update system patch threat mitigation security issues openSUSE libssh2

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-2129=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libssh2-1-1.9.0-lp152.8.3.1

libssh2-1-debuginfo-1.9.0-lp152.8.3.1

libssh2-devel-1.9.0-lp152.8.3.1

libssh2_org-debugsource-1.9.0-lp152.8.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libssh2-1-32bit-1.9.0-lp152.8.3.1

libssh2-1-32bit-debuginfo-1.9.0-lp152.8.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17498.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3855.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3856.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3857.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3858.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3859.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3860.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3861.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3862.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3863.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1130103

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178083

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:2129-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update system patch threat mitigation security issues openSUSE libssh2

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