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Fedora 23: FEDORA-2016-67c6ef0d4f Critical: OpenSSH Client Leak Fix

Security fix for CVE-2016-0777 ---- This update provides several fixes for legacy ssh-copy-id, rpm macros and sshd-keygen. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-67c6ef0d4f 2016-01-16 10:00:11.192740 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : openssh Product : Fedora 23 Version : 7.1p2 Release : 1.fc23 URL : https://www.openssh.org/portable.html Summary : An open source implementation of SSH protocol versions 1 and 2 Description : SSH (Secure SHell) is a program for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine. SSH is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and to provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel. OpenSSH is OpenBSD's version of the last free version of SSH, bringing it up to date in terms of security and features. This package includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH client and server. To make this package useful, you should also install openssh-clients, openssh-server, or both. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Security fix for CVE-2016-0777 ---- This update provides several fixes for legacy ssh-copy-id, rpm macros and sshd-keygen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1298032 - CVE-2016-0777 OpenSSH: Client Information leak due to use of roaming connection feature https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298032 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update openssh' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . A critical patch has been released for the OpenSSH package on Fedora 23 to fortify the security posture and safeguard system integrity.. OpenSSH Update,Fedora 23 Security,SSH Protocol Fixes,Client Information Leak. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 16, 2016 •Critical Fedora