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openSUSE Leap 42.3: 2018:3946-1 Moderate: OpenSSH User Issue

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.. openSUSE Security Update: Security update for openssh ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:3946-1 Rating: moderate References: #1091396 #1105010 #964336 Cross-References: CVE-2018-15473 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available. Description: This update for openssh fixes the following issues: Following security issues have been fixed: - CVE-2018-15473: OpenSSH was prone to a user existance oracle vulnerability due to not delaying bailout for an invalid authenticating user until after the packet containing the request has been fully parsed, related to auth2-gss.c, auth2-hostbased.c, and auth2-pubkey.c. (bsc#1105010) The following non-security issues were fixed: - Stop leaking File descriptors (bsc#964336) - sftp-client.c returns wrong error code upon failure [bsc#1091396] This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 42.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1477=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64): openssh-7.2p2-25.1 openssh-askpass-gnome-7.2p2-25.1 openssh-askpass-gnome-debuginfo-7.2p2-25.1 openssh-cavs-7.2p2-25.1 openssh-cavs-debuginfo-7.2p2-25.1 openssh-debuginfo-7.2p2-25.1 openssh-debugsource-7.2p2-25.1 openssh-fips-7.2p2-25.1 openssh-helpers-7.2p2-25.1 openssh-helpers-debuginfo-7.2p2-25.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15473.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1091396 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1105010 https://bugzilla.suse.com/964336 -- . A security patch for OpenSSH on openSUSE addresses a vulnerability related to user existence oracle attacks and includes corrections for various other issues.. openSUSE Security, OpenSSH Update, User Existence Oracle, Moderate Severity, Security Advisory. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 30, 2018 OpenSUSE