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Fedora 22: Security Update for OpenSSH CVE-2016-0777 Client Leak

Security fix for CVE-2016-0777. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-c330264861 2016-01-17 14:49:36.631708 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : openssh Product : Fedora 22 Version : 6.9p1 Release : 10.fc22 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [ 2 ] Bug #1298746 - CVE-2016-1907 openssh: out-of-bounds read in packet handling code https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298746 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 usedby 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/ . Fedora 23 presents a significant security patch for openssh tackling user data leakage vulnerabilities connected to CVE-2016-0778.. openssh security update,Fedora client leak,CVE-2016-0777 issue. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 17, 2016 •Important Fedora