USN-2966-1: OpenSSH vulnerabilities
USN-2966-1: OpenSSH vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2966-1 9th May, 2016 openssh vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 15.10 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in OpenSSH. Software description openssh – secure shell (SSH) for secure access to remote machines Details Shayan Sadigh discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled environment fileswhen the UseLogin feature is enabled. A local attacker could use this issueto gain privileges. (CVE-2015-8325) Ben Hawkes discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled certain networktraffic. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSHto crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied toUbuntu 15.10. (CVE-2016-1907) Thomas Hoger discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled untrusted X11forwarding when the SECURITY extension is disabled. A connection configuredas being untrusted could get switched to trusted in certain scenarios,contrary to [ more… ]