OpenSSH weakness

Posted by muesli in Tech & Net
Tuesday, September 16. 2003

Even Linux and its main services got bugs and security holes

Today, OpenSSH announced a security-hole in buffer_append_space(), which could enable an attacker to infiltrate malicious code.

Contrary to Microsoft, the bug is already fixed and a new version is available. Update it manually or check your distribution's update mechanism frequently. Some people already noticed increasing traffic on port 22, which could indicate active version scanners, looking for buggy SSH daemons.

...muesli

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OpenSSH announced a security-hole...Contrary to Microsoft, the bug is already fixed...

wenn ms selbst einen bug bekannt gibt, dann ist natürlich auch sofort ein fix dabei

#1 eisbaer on 2003-09-16 20:48 (Reply)

wurde nicht von openssh selbst gefunden, imho

#2 muesli (Homepage) on 2003-09-17 05:21 (Reply)

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