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SUSE: 2023:3011-1 Critical: OpenSSH Key Management Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey July 17, 2018
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SUSE Security Patch for python-paramiko tackles serious authentication vulnerabilities. Full details available within.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for python-paramiko fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-7750: transport.py in the SSH server implementation of Paramiko did not properly check whether authentication is completed processing other requests. A customized SSH client could have skipped the authentication step (bsc#1085276) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2018-1329=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 (noarch): python-paramiko-1.15.2-2.9.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory important authentication issue SUSE python-paramiko

References

#1085276

Cross- CVE-2018-7750

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7750.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085276

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1971-1
Rating: important

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security advisory important authentication issue SUSE python-paramiko

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