Technical Description

Two vulnerabilities have been identified in Ubuntu, which could be exploited by malicious users to execute arbitrary code or by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. These issues are caused by errors in OpenSSH. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1035 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-2592

Affected Products

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10

Solution

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS - Upgrade to openssh-server version 1:4.2p1-7ubuntu3.5
Ubuntu 7.04 - Upgrade to openssh-server version 1:4.3p2-8ubuntu1.5
Ubuntu 7.10 - Upgrade to openssh-server version 1:4.6p1-5ubuntu0.6

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2728
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-649-1

ChangeLog

2008-10-06 : Initial release

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