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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5666-1 Critical: Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey October 10, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Mitigating OpenSSH vulnerabilities on Ubuntu distributions necessitating fixes to prevent unauthorized code execution threats.
OpenSSH could be made to run arbitrary code if it some non-default configuration are in use.

Summary

OpenSSH could be made to run arbitrary code if it some

non-default configuration are in use.

Software Description:

- openssh: secure shell (SSH) for secure access to remote machines

Details:

It was discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled certain helper programs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to arbitrary code execution.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution arbitrary code openssh ubuntu

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  openssh-server                  1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2021-41617

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October 10, 2022

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