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Author: shadow
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Subject: SSH Vulnerability
The patch for Debian Woody is already available.

> openssh (1:3.4p1-1.1) stable-security; urgency=high
>
 >  * NMU by the security team.
 >  * Merge patch from OpenBSD to fix a security problem in buffer
 >    handling

>
> -- Wichert Akkerman <> Tue, 16 Sep 2003 13:06:31
> +0200


Make sure you have the following line and then apt-get update, apt-get
install.

> deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main



Austin Godber wrote:
> See slashdot. There doesn't seem to be a public exploit. There is a new
> version released:
>
> ftp://ftp3.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-3.7p1.tar.gz
>
> Also be warned of other possibilities:
> "every single hp and cisco switch containing this code
> is likely vulnerable" -Theo
>
> From Full disclosure email list.



-- 
Chris Lewis

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