Mageia alert MGASA-2012-0205 (dropbear)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2012-0205: dropbear-2012.55-1.mga1
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Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:27:12 +0200
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MGASA-2012-0205
Date: 	August 12th, 2012
Affected releases: 	1


Description:
Updated dropbear package fixes security vulnerability:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Dropbear SSH Server 0.52 through
2012.54,
when command restriction and public key authentication are enabled,
allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and bypass
command restrictions via multiple crafted command requests, related to
"channels concurrency" (CVE-2012-0920).


Updated Packages:
dropbear-2012.55-1.mga1


References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0920
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2456
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5611
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-...