[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: libssh-0.9.4-2.fc31
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-5a77f0d68f
2020-04-18 00:06:48.213775
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Name : libssh
Product : Fedora 31
Version : 0.9.4
Release : 2.fc31
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:
Fixes CVE-2020-1730
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ChangeLog:
* Wed Apr 15 2020 Anderson Sasaki <ansasaki(a)redhat.com> - 0.9.4-2
- Added patch to fix returned version
* Thu Apr 9 2020 Anderson Sasaki <ansasaki(a)redhat.com> - 0.9.4-1
- Update to version 0.9.4
https://www.libssh.org/2020/04/09/libssh-0-9-4-and-libssh-0-8-9-security-...
- Removed inclusion of OpenSSH server configuration file from
libssh_server.config
- Added patch to re-enable algorithms using sha1 in sshd for testing
- resolves: #1822529 - CVE-2020-1730
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1822519 - libssh-0.9.4 is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1822519
[ 2 ] Bug #1822529 - CVE-2020-1730 libssh: denial of service when handling AES-CTR (or
DES) ciphers [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1822529
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