[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: libssh-0.5.3-1.fc17

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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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.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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