Mageia alert MGASA-2017-0483 (openssh)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2017-0483: Updated openssh packages fix security vulnerability 
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Sun, 31 Dec 2017 16:15:24 +0100
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MGASA-2017-0483 - Updated openssh packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 31 Dec 2017
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0483.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2017-15906

Description:
The process_open function in sftp-server.c in OpenSSH before 7.6 does
not properly prevent write operations in readonly mode, which allows
attackers to create zero-length files (CVE-2017-15906).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22104
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1...

SRPMS:
- 6/core/openssh-7.5p1-2.1.mga6