[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201512-04 ] OpenSSH: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201512-04

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https://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: OpenSSH: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: December 20, 2015

Bugs: #553724, #555518, #557340

ID: 201512-04

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSH, the worst of which

could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service

condition.

 

Background

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OpenSSH is a complete SSH protocol implementation that includes an SFTP

client and server support.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 net-misc/openssh < 7.1_p1-r2 >= 7.1_p1-r2

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSH. Please review

the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All OpenSSH users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openssh-6.9_p1-r2"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-5352

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5352

[ 2 ] CVE-2015-5600

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5600

[ 3 ] CVE-2015-6563

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6563

[ 4 ] CVE-2015-6564

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6564

[ 5 ] CVE-2015-6565

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6565

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-04

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5