GLSA 201612-18: OpenSSH: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	OpenSSH: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/07/2016
Bugs:	#576954, #580410, #589088, #590202, #595342, #597360
ID:	201612-18

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSH, the worst of which allows remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Background

OpenSSH is a complete SSH protocol implementation that includes SFTP client and server support.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/openssh	< 7.3_p1-r7	>= 7.3_p1-r7	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSH. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Remote attackers could cause Denial of Service and conduct user enumeration.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenSSH users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openssh-7.3_p1-r7"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201612-18.xml

Concerns?

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.