[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: libssh-0.5.3-1.fc17
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Thu Nov 29 06:04:07 UTC 2012
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-18677
2012-11-21 03:35:46
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Name : libssh
Product : Fedora 17
Version : 0.5.3
Release : 1.fc17
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:
This is an important SECURITY and maintenance release in order to address CVE-2012-4559, CVE-2012-4560, CVE-2012-4561 and CVE-2012-4562.
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ChangeLog:
* Tue Nov 20 2012 Petr Lautrbach <plautrba at redhat.com> 0.5.3-1
- update to security 0.5.3 release (#878465)
- CVE-2012-4559, CVE-2012-4560, CVE-2012-4561, CVE-2012-4562
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #871612 - CVE-2012-4559 libssh: multiple double free() flaws
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871612
[ 2 ] Bug #871614 - CVE-2012-4560 libssh: multiple buffer overflow flaws
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871614
[ 3 ] Bug #871617 - CVE-2012-4561 libssh: multiple invalid free() flaws
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871617
[ 4 ] Bug #871620 - CVE-2012-4562 libssh: multiple improper overflow checks
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871620
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update libssh' at the command line.
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available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
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