[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: libssh-0.7.1-1.fc22

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-10962
2015-06-30 17:57:48
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Name        : libssh
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 0.7.1
Release     : 1.fc22
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 0.7.1
Add patch to fix undefined symbol: ssh_forward_listen (bug #1221310)

Update to version 0.7.0
Security fix for CVE-2015-3146
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Jun 30 2015 Andreas Schneider <asn at redhat.com> - 0.7.1-1
- Update to version 0.7.1
  * Fixed SSH_AUTH_PARTIAL auth with auto public key
  * Fixed memory leak in session options
  * Fixed allocation of ed25519 public keys
  * Fixed channel exit-status and exit-signal
  * Reintroduce ssh_forward_listen()
- resolves: #1223964 - Fix channel exit status.
* Thu May 21 2015 Orion Poplawski <orion at cora.nwra.com> - 0.7.0-2
- Add patch to fix undefined symbol: ssh_forward_listen (bug #1221310)
* Mon May 11 2015 Andreas Schneider <asn at redhat.com> - 0.7.0-1
- Update to version 0.7.0
  * Added support for ed25519 keys
  * Added SHA2 algorithms for HMAC
  * Added improved and more secure buffer handling code
  * Added callback for auth_none_function
  * Added support for ECDSA private key signing
  * Added more tests
  * Fixed a lot of bugs
  * Improved API documentation
* Thu Apr 30 2015 Andreas Schneider <asn at redhat.com> - 0.6.5-1
- resolves: #1213775 - Security fix for CVE-2015-3146
- resolves: #1218076 - Security fix for CVE-2015-3146
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1213775 - CVE-2015-3146 libssh: null pointer dereference due to a logical error in the handling of a SSH_MSG_NEWKEYS and KEXDH_REPLY packets
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213775
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
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