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Fedora 22: FEDORA-2016-d339d610c1 Moderate: OpenSSH X11 Forwarding Issue

This update provides recent upstrem fix published with openssh-7.2p2 (#1316529).. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-d339d610c1 2016-03-29 15:13:21.929232 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : openssh Product : Fedora 22 Version : 6.9p1 Release : 11.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: This update provides recent upstrem fix published with openssh-7.2p2 (#1316529). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1316829 - CVE-2016-3115 openssh: missing sanitisation of input for X11 forwarding https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1316829 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 foundat 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 22's update for openssh tackles vulnerabilities with X11 forwarding, bolstering secure data transmission.. Fedora 22 Security, OpenSSH Update, X11 Forwarding Fix. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 29, 2016 Fedora