Gentoo alert 200309-14 (openssh)

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aliz@gentoo.org (Daniel Ahlberg)
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gentoo-announce@gentoo.org, bugtraq@securityfocus.com,
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[gentoo-announce] GLSA:  openssh (200309-14)
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Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:25:37 +0200 (CEST)

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-14
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          PACKAGE : openssh
          SUMMARY : multiple vulnerabilities in new PAM code
             DATE : 2003-09-23 20:25 UTC
          EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <openssh-3.7.1_p2
    FIXED VERSION : >=openssh-3.7.1_p2
              CVE :

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quote from advisory:

"Portable OpenSSH versions 3.7p1 and 3.7.1p1 contain multiple
vulnerabilities in the new PAM code. At least one of these bugs
is remotely exploitable (under a non-standard configuration,
with privsep disabled)."

read the full advisory at:
http://www.openssh.com/txt/sshpam.adv

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-misc/openssh upgrade to openssh-3.7.1_p2 as follows:

emerge sync
emerge openssh
emerge clean

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