[LON-CAPA-admin] Fwd: RHN Errata Alert: Updated OpenSSH packages fix potential vulnerability

[Gerd Kortemeyer]

Should probably install this one.

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> From: Red Hat Network Alert <rhn-admin at rhn.redhat.com>
> Date: Tue Sep 16, 2003  7:00:06  PM US/Eastern
> To: s16lite <korte at lite.msu.edu>
> Subject: RHN Errata Alert: Updated OpenSSH packages fix potential  
> vulnerability
>
> Red Hat Network has determined that the following advisory is  
> applicable to
> one or more of the systems you have registered:
>
> Complete information about this errata can be found at the following  
> location:
>      https://rhn.redhat.com/network/errata/errata_details.pxt?eid=1837
>
> Security Advisory - RHSA-2003:279-07
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -------
> Summary:
> Updated OpenSSH packages fix potential vulnerability
>
> Updated OpenSSH packages are now available that fix a bug that may be
> remotely exploitable.
>
> Description:
> OpenSSH is a suite of network connectivity tools that can be used to
> establish encrypted connections between systems on a network and can
> provide interactive login sessions and port forwarding, among other  
> functions.
>
> The OpenSSH team has announced a bug which affects the OpenSSH buffer
> handling code.  This bug has the potential of being remotely  
> exploitable.
>
> All users of OpenSSH should immediately apply this update which  
> contains a
> backported fix for this issue.
>
> References:
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=106371592604940
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> Affected Systems
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