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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@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

 

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