[SECURITY] Fedora EPEL 6 Update: libssh-0.5.5-2.el6

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2014-0751
2014-03-05 18:30:53
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Name        : libssh
Product     : Fedora EPEL 6
Version     : 0.5.5
Release     : 2.el6
URL         : http://www.libssh.org/
Summary     : A library implementing the SSH2 protocol (0xbadc0de version)
Description :
The ssh library was designed to be used by programmers needing a working SSH
implementation by the mean of a library. The complete control of the client is
made by the programmer. With libssh, you can remotely execute programs, transfer
files, use a secure and transparent tunnel for your remote programs. With its
Secure FTP implementation, you can play with remote files easily, without
third-party programs others than libcrypto (from openssl).

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Update Information:

Fix CVE-2014-0017.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1072191 - CVE-2014-0017 libssh: Improper initialization of PRNG after fork()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072191
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs.  Use
su -c 'yum update libssh' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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