[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libssh-0.6.4-1.fc20

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-17303
2014-12-20 07:12:43
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Name        : libssh
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 0.6.4
Release     : 1.fc20
URL         : http://www.libssh.org
Summary     : A library implementing the SSH protocol
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:

Security fix for CVE-2014-8132.
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Dec 19 2014 - Andreas Schneider <asn at redhat.com> - 0.6.4-1
- Security fix for CVE-2014-8132.
* Tue Mar  4 2014 - Andreas Schneider <asn at redhat.com> - 0.6.3-1
- Fix CVE-2014-0017.
* Mon Feb 10 2014 - Andreas Schneider <asn at redhat.com> - 0.6.1-1
- Update to version 0.6.1.
- resolves: #1056757 - Fix scp mode.
- resolves: #1053305 - Fix known_hosts heuristic.
* Wed Jan  8 2014 - Andreas Schneider <asn at redhat.com> - 0.6.0-1
- Update to 0.6.0
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1158089 - CVE-2014-8132 libssh: Possible double free on a dangling pointer with crafted kexinit packet
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158089
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