[CLA-2003:741] Conectiva Security Announcement - openssh
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:49:35 -0300
From: Conectiva Updates <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
Subject: [CLA-2003:741] Conectiva Security Announcement - openssh
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : openssh
SUMMARY : Remote vulnerabilities
DATE : 2003-09-17 18:48:00
ID : CLA-2003:741
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 7.0, 8, 9
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DESCRIPTION
OpenSSH[1] is a very popular and versatile tool that uses encrypted
connections between hosts and is commonly used for remote
administration.
This update fixes new vulnerabilities found in the code that handles
buffers in OpenSSH. These vulnerabilities are similiar to the ones
fixed in the CLSA-2003:739 announcement[2] (CAN-2003-0693) and can be
exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition
and potentially execute arbitrary code (although there is still no
concrete evidence of that).
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2003-0695 to this additional issue[3].
The OpenSSH team released the version 3.7.1 which fixes this
vulnerability[4]. This update contains the versions originally
distributed with Conectiva Linux added of backported patches.
Additionally, patches made by Solar Designer to fix memory bugs in
other parts of the code are being added. Althought it is unlikely
that these bugs are exploitable, they are being treatead as security
fixes by now and have the name CAN-2003-0682 assigned[5] by The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org).
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all OpenSSH users upgrade their packages.
The ssh service will be automatically restarted during the upgrade if
it is already running. Current ssh sessions will remain open during
the restart.
REFERENCES:
1.http://www.openssh.org
2.http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000739&idioma=en
3.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0695
4.http://www.openssh.com/txt/buffer.adv
5.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0682
UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/openssh-3.4p1-1U70_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/openssh-askpass-3.4p1-1U70_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/openssh-askpass-gnome-3.4p1-1U70_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/openssh-clients-3.4p1-1U70_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/openssh-server-3.4p1-1U70_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/openssh-3.4p1-1U70_3cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/openssh-3.4p1-1U80_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/openssh-askpass-3.4p1-1U80_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/openssh-askpass-gnome-3.4p1-1U80_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/openssh-clients-3.4p1-1U80_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/openssh-server-3.4p1-1U80_3cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/openssh-3.4p1-1U80_3cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/openssh-3.5p1-27767U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/openssh-askpass-3.5p1-27767U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/openssh-askpass-gnome-3.5p1-27767U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/openssh-clients-3.5p1-27767U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/openssh-server-3.5p1-27767U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/openssh-3.5p1-27767U90_2cl.src.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:
- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en
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Copyright (c) 2003 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com
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