Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated openssh packages available for Red Hat Linux 7

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 28, 2000

Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:50 -0500
From: bugzilla@redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: [RHSA-2000:111-04] Updated openssh packages available for
Red Hat Linux 7


                   Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
 
Synopsis:          Updated openssh packages available for Red Hat Linux 7
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2000:111-04
Issue date:        2000-11-20
Updated on:        2000-11-27
Product:           Red Hat Linux
Keywords:          openssh malicious server port forwarding
Cross references:  N/A

1. Topic:

Updated openssh packages are now available for Red Hat Linux
7.

2000-11-27: Added packages for Red Hat Linux 7 for Alpha

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 7.0 – i386, alpha

3. Problem description:

An OpenSSH client will do agent or X11 forwarding at the request
of a server, even if the user has not requested that it be done. A
malicious server can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to
the user’s display.

4. Solution:

For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filename]

where filename is the name of the RPM.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
for more info):

18598 – ssh-keygen -l does not work for dsa keys
20805 – Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or
X11 forwarding
20884 – openssh-2.3.0p1 doesn’t include /etc/ssh/primes

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 7.0:

alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/openssh-2.3.0p1-4.alpha.rpm


ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/openssh-clients-2.3.0p1-4.alpha.rpm


ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/openssh-server-2.3.0p1-4.alpha.rpm


ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/openssh-askpass-2.3.0p1-4.alpha.rpm


ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/openssh-askpass-gnome-2.3.0p1-4.alpha.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/openssh-2.3.0p1-4.i386.rpm


ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/openssh-clients-2.3.0p1-4.i386.rpm


ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/openssh-server-2.3.0p1-4.i386.rpm


ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/openssh-askpass-2.3.0p1-4.i386.rpm

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ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/openssh-askpass-gnome-2.3.0p1-4.i386.rpm

sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/SRPMS/openssh-2.3.0p1-4.src.rpm

7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name

d564b593cce6c1afaa02a11004ef6cf7 7.0/SRPMS/openssh-2.3.0p1-4.src.rpm
cfa7b84d1389e921d11cd93888014bbe 7.0/alpha/openssh-2.3.0p1-4.alpha.rpm
59464df875127cc44ca1976db62bb977 7.0/alpha/openssh-askpass-2.3.0p1-4.alpha.rpm
957467291fc0067d70bef99c88401dcf 7.0/alpha/openssh-askpass-gnome-2.3.0p1-4.alpha.rpm
da26d6a308c2c3c79f56eec077bce664 7.0/alpha/openssh-clients-2.3.0p1-4.alpha.rpm
5e4951bc163601aad8733011933d79db 7.0/alpha/openssh-server-2.3.0p1-4.alpha.rpm
973c033bd3cf3e3641f7fb9d172baf5a 7.0/i386/openssh-2.3.0p1-4.i386.rpm
ead1cc84519f5a6fa0233ce8d3237457 7.0/i386/openssh-askpass-2.3.0p1-4.i386.rpm
d426ff6c55181f8ccbea6e2f7a307b99 7.0/i386/openssh-askpass-gnome-2.3.0p1-4.i386.rpm
51fe082e6830e461a900000e2884cb14 7.0/i386/openssh-clients-2.3.0p1-4.i386.rpm
dd9bb3271403162202599d3cd8b9a22e 7.0/i386/openssh-server-2.3.0p1-4.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our
key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html

You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm –checksig <filename>

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command:
rpm –checksig –nogpg <filename>

8. References:

http://www.openbsd.org/errata27.html#sshforwarding

Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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