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openSUSE: 2021:1390-1 Moderate: SSH-Audit Security Update

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Calendar Grey October 20, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
New release for openSUSE addresses SSH-audit vulnerabilities, bolstering security through multiple enhancements and patches.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for ssh-audit fixes the following issues:

ssh-audit was updated to version 2.5.0

* Fixed crash when running host key tests.

* Handles server connection failures more gracefully.

* Now prints JSON with indents when -jj is used (useful for debugging).

* Added MD5 fingerprints to verbose output.

* Added -d/--debug option for getting debugging output.

* Updated JSON output to include MD5 fingerprints. Note that this results

in a breaking change in the 'fingerprints' dictionary format.

* Updated OpenSSH 8.1 (and earlier) policies to include rsa-sha2-512 and

rsa-sha2-256.

* Added OpenSSH v8.6 & v8.7 policies.

* Added 3 new key exchanges:

+ gss-gex-sha1-eipGX3TCiQSrx573bT1o1Q= + gss-group1-sha1-eipGX3TCiQSrx573bT1o1Q= + gss-group14-sha1-eipGX3TCiQSrx573bT1o1Q= * Added 3 new MACs:

+ hmac-ripemd160-96

+ AEAD_AES_128_GCM

+ AEAD_AES_256_GCM

Update to version 2.4.0

* Added multi-threaded scanning...

Read the Full Advisory

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 Backports SLE-15-SP3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1390=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 (noarch):

ssh-audit-2.5.0-bp153.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15473.html

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1390-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 .

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