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FreeBSD update for OpenSSH
Secunia Advisory: SA9745
Release Date: 2003-09-17
Last Update: 2003-09-18
Popularity: 6,758 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:FreeBSD 4.x
FreeBSD 5.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0693
CVE-2003-0695
CVE-2003-0682


Description:
FreeBSD has issued updates for OpenSSH. These fix a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA9743

Solution:
Update version or apply patch.

The vulnerability has been corrected in the following versions:

2003-09-17 16:24:02 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.9-PRERELEASE)
2003-09-17 14:46:58 UTC (RELENG_5_1, 5.1-RELEASE-p4)
2003-09-17 14:50:14 UTC (RELENG_5_0, 5.0-RELEASE-p13)
2003-09-17 14:51:09 UTC (RELENG_4_8, 4.8-RELEASE-p6)
2003-09-17 14:51:37 UTC (RELENG_4_7, 4.7-RELEASE-p16)
2003-09-17 14:52:08 UTC (RELENG_4_6, 4.6-RELEASE-p19)
2003-09-17 14:52:42 UTC (RELENG_4_5, 4.5-RELEASE-p31)
2003-09-17 14:57:32 UTC (RELENG_4_4, 4.4-RELEASE-p41)
2003-09-17 14:58:56 UTC (RELENG_4_3, 4.3-RELEASE-p37)
2003-09-17 16:07:48 UTC (ports/security/OpenSSH)
2003-09-17 16:07:48 UTC (ports/security/OpenSSH-portable)

Patches:

[FreeBSD 4.3 and 4.4]
# fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:12/buffer44.patch
# fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:12/buffer44.patch.asc

[FreeBSD 4.5]
# fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:12/buffer45.patch
# fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:12/buffer45.patch.asc

[FreeBSD 4.6 and later, FreeBSD 5.0 and later]
# fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:12/buffer46.patch
# fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:12/buffer46.patch.asc

Changelog:
2003-09-18: Updated advisory with information about versions which also fixes CAN-2003-0682 and CAN-2003-0695.

Original Advisory:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:12.openssh.asc

Other References:
SA9743:
http://secunia.com/advisories/9743/


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