GLSA: openssh (200305-01)

[Daniel Ahlberg <aliz () gentoo org>]

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200305-01
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          PACKAGE : openssh
          SUMMARY : timing attack leads to information disclosure
             DATE : 2003-05-02 10:03 UTC
          EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <openssh-3.6.1_p2
    FIXED VERSION : >=openssh-3.6.1_p2
              CVE : CAN-2003-0190

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Mediaservice.net has discovered a bug in OpenSSH that allows attackers
to identify valid users on vulnerable systems.

Read the full advisory at
http://lab.mediaservice.net/advisory/2003-01-openssh.txt

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-misc/openssh upgrade to openssh-3.6.1_p2 as follows:

emerge sync
emerge openssh
emerge clean

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aliz () gentoo org - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz
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