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Debian: DSA-025-1 Critical Advisory for OpenSSH PAM on Sparc

A former security upload of OpenSSH lacked support for PAM which leadinto people not being able to log in into their server. This was onlya problem on the sparc architecture.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-025-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze January 28, 2001 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : openssh Vulnerability : Missing PAM support Debian-specific: yes A former security upload of OpenSSH lacked support for PAM which lead into people not being able to log in into their server. This was only a problem on the sparc architecture. We recommend you upgrade your ssh packages on sparc. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato - ------------------------------------ Potato was released for the alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc architectures. This is only a recompile for the sparc architecture and thus no new source and no other binary packages are provided Sun Sparc architecture: MD5 checksum: 41fe81f3eb8e87741b2a1c5bc913eab4 MD5 checksum: 5a3201c862319b986daf4c3654be73cc These files will be moved into soon. For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate directory . - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4(GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see The GNU Privacy Guard iD8DBQE6dAT7W5ql+IAeqTIRAiSRAJ92uZ/dJkrHCcqKyiEJB23nFSX+qQCgghpr NxiE8fYBTUDzAEo+QfDJdiw=fBWQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . Debian Security Update concerning OpenSSH's absence of PAM support affecting server access on Sparc architecture. Immediate upgrade recommended.. Debian Security, OpenSSH PAM support, Server Access Issue. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 28, 2001 •Critical Debian