[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libssh-0.9.5-1.fc33
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-ac3e29073f
2020-09-25 16:31:57.895981
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Name : libssh
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 0.9.5
Release : 1.fc33
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:
Update to version 0.9.5 * https://www.libssh.org/2020/09/10/libssh-0-9-5/ *
Fixes CVE-2020-16135
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ChangeLog:
* Thu Sep 10 2020 Anderson Sasaki <ansasaki(a)redhat.com> - 0.9.5-1
- Update to version 0.9.5
https://www.libssh.org/2020/09/10/libssh-0-9-5/
- Removed patch to re-enable algorithms using sha1 in sshd for testing
- The algorithms supported by sshd are now automatically detected for testing
- Resolves: #1862457 - CVE-2020-16135
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1862457 - CVE-2020-16135 libssh: NULL pointer dereference in sftpserver.c if
ssh_buffer_new returns NULL [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1862457
[ 2 ] Bug #1877797 - libssh-0.9.5 is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877797
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
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