Security update for OpenSSH
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(Last modified: 02JUL2002)
solutions Security update for OpenSSH SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (6383ca0a1fdf5e5142d85d74db95df0c)
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Package: openssh
Release: 20020702
Obsoletes: none
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compromise in the OpenSSH package. After no specific information about the nature of the hole had been disclosed to SuSE Security and the security world in general for a few days, it is now clear that the default installation on all SuSE products was and is not vulnerable to the defect, provided the administrator did not actively change the ssh daemon configuration of the installation in question. In particular, the options PAMAuthenticationViaKbdInt
have to be turned on to be vulnerable to the problem. Since the SuSE packages of OpenSSH do not have the compile-time enabled support for the one-time password system S/Key, the packages are not vulnerable to the ChallengeResponseAuthentication
problem that can be fixed as officially announced (by disabling this option).The package we offer contains a patch against the
PAMAuthenticationViaKbdInt
problem as officially announced by the openssh development team.rpm -Uvh openssh.rpm
After package installation, the administrator should restart the ssh daemon for the update package to become effective:
rcsshd restart
After the restart, the administrator should verify that secure shell login is still possible.
Download Source Packages
Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.
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