[slackware-security] openssh

New openssh packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/openssh-6.7p1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue that allows remote servers...

Medium: openssh

Issue Overview: sshd in OpenSSH before 6.6 does not properly support wildcards on AcceptEnv lines in sshdconfig, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended environment restrictions by using a substring located before a wildcard character. The verifyhostkey function in sshconnect.c in the...

OpenSSH Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

OpenSSH is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:openbsd:openssh";...

Code injection

The verifyhostkey function in sshconnect.c in the client in OpenSSH 6.6 and earlier allows remote servers to trigger the skipping of SSHFP DNS RR checking by presenting an unacceptable HostCertificate...