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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Slackware Local Security Checks >> SSA-2003-266-01 New OpenSSH packages Vulnerability Assessment Details
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SSA-2003-266-01 New OpenSSH packages Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Upgraded OpenSSH 3.7.1p2 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and -current. This fixes security problems with PAM authentication. It also includes several code cleanups from Solar Designer. Slackware is not vulnerable to the PAM problem, and it is not believed that any of the other code cleanups fix exploitable security problems, not nevertheless sites may wish to upgrade. These are some of the more interesting entries from OpenSSH's ChangeLog so you can be the judge: [buffer.c] protect against double free #660 zardoz at users.sf.net - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2003/09/18 08:49:45 [deattack.c misc.c session.c ssh-agent.c] more buffer allocation fixes from Solar Designer CVE-2003-0682 ok millert@ - (djm) Bug #676: Fix PAM stack corruption - (djm) Fix bad free() in PAM code Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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