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Linux Compatible » News » May 2008 » DSA 1576-2: New openssh packages fix predictable randomness

DSA 1576-2: New openssh packages fix predictable randomness

Posted by Bob on: 05/16/2008 05:35 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The Debian Security Team published a new security update for Debian GNU/Linux. Here the announcement:




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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1576-2 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Noah Meyerhans
May 16, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : openssh
Vulnerability : predictable random number generator
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: yes
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0166

Matt Zimmerman discovered that entries in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys with
options (such as "no-port-forwarding" or forced commands) were ignored by
the new ssh-vulnkey tool introduced in openssh 1:4.3p2-9etch1 (see DSA
1576-1). This could cause some compromised keys not to be listed in
ssh-vulnkey's output.

This update also adds more information to ssh-vulnkey's manual page.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
1:4.3p2-9etch2

We recommend that you upgrade your openssh (1:4.3p2-9etch2) package.

Upgrade instructions
- --------------------

wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
- -------------------------------

Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh_4.3p2-9etch2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1010 7bcad5f65ff1722db7c431d3a25e8578
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh_4.3p2.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 920186 239fc801443acaffd4c1f111948ee69c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh_4.3p2-9etch2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 276621 27984546be5ba87687ae6e7e5df36578

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh-krb5_4.3p2-9etch2_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 92022 1cd59a62eb401f21421f13a6caf3d509
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh_4.3p2-9etch2_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1052 b096153814cc8949820d9958f8b81a00

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh-askpass-gnome_4.3p2-9etch2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 100498 2fa04ed9e0ee9625f28964938cc19b64
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_4.3p2-9etch2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 782726 0c48b38fc56cdaedb3d4a1eab9ecd25d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_alpha.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 213728 ff4b07cb720fb26210c3a49213737168
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_4.3p2-9etch2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 266510 113583573c885f7baa40b9a78933c6aa
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_alpha.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 198498 6dd01cb3b4fe5cf3726142f429281187

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh-askpass-gnome_4.3p2-9etch2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 100106 b4dc14aee0a9c94d96e3b392a2dd61e8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_4.3p2-9etch2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 711910 dc68b26b2810e7f47e3fa419c262bc07
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_4.3p2-9etch2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 245522 b02dc226eb5aae330b08429a17f0eef6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_amd64.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 183854 fa96f8d05d380a6053672de0a6bd30c1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_amd64.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 171334 b2eafdc135649523828db8416f22617d

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_4.3p2-9etch2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 218980 6065fa1195e74549c7dd66fbe2b41718
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh-askpass-gnome_4.3p2-9etch2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 99668 c6260735e7d50c21e19d01702b4e45bb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_4.3p2-9etch2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 650608 42d8f87667ffd3fdccb26ec5c8d775ac
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_arm.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 171666 4bc55e6d06de4f0bda2771ad78770d27
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_arm.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 164870 f82b52267f503acfdf3f7ad1b40b0555

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_hppa.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 189624 351333a1ca9d92e389b0197ec2cca869
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_4.3p2-9etch2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 733002 47e84be664670a3ad083d2a3f90c3124
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh-askpass-gnome_4.3p2-9etch2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 100460 335b7aed705d4b8a1b9f96a5f6f9ec37
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_hppa.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 198168 ec7f163eb74e84d4a8605e54715acc6a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_4.3p2-9etch2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 249924 7ead727d52913c1ff8630e383f6ea48c

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_4.3p2-9etch2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 223706 68ed0ebd125d47d1406095a818fac0f8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_i386.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 162630 a032adc78b967a09180c480143022e93
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh-askpass-gnome_4.3p2-9etch2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 99688 949ba4673d2a74126a485098f29a6a96
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_4.3p2-9etch2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 659896 b15d0dd5cc67362833a2c7853bdff958
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_i386.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 154018 4af4893e4eb970c8b005bfee3a1896d5

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_ia64.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 251842 ea30a3806bf73fa5df7c01b291b25660
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh-askpass-gnome_4.3p2-9etch2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 101364 33209d8caa1a18569e5fdc2c954b0ad9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_4.3p2-9etch2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 338254 53fecec5c1b02b797e9caa24fa40590e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_ia64.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 269868 c1e98de9b285610d6a2e98ed3875cf0b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_4.3p2-9etch2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 962006 ddc1e2a9de43a804c04b74839b2f3c1a

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_mipsel.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 192330 c58ce9d9bd8b904ead41b41fd0190d04
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_4.3p2-9etch2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 251464 dbc9acc8341bfaf9301e4429b20aa579
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_mipsel.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 201534 11ae7501d65bed1bcd555a31633112a6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh-askpass-gnome_4.3p2-9etch2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 99856 0ff3c4ff0b5c891a0772b1e4522252d5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_4.3p2-9etch2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 735142 8913d6adc4df4b33bf8c60f304bc50b1

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_powerpc.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 168316 eda08e79a293c684c9371b16ebb6d872
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh-askpass-gnome_4.3p2-9etch2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 101170 2df82e0bee254e7f3157965c44a1116b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_4.3p2-9etch2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 700848 167dafdb5c2131fa879934d671bcd0a8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_powerpc.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 173326 341ece3621bf9a865db8a51d6edce165
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_4.3p2-9etch2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 237034 c4d121d9e6f7305a96f1ff4bd0cc62cf

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_s390.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 188518 994524412f881158e5d3c2f8a9d6398a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_s390.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 196906 ae0a4c8c4056aa4416ba9f74d3e78e5e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_4.3p2-9etch2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 725718 97047ff8dc9d0d42e59fcc04553861f6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh-askpass-gnome_4.3p2-9etch2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 100148 b0fc6b7f3af34bbbb9cdae41ecb244a6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_4.3p2-9etch2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 246770 3dc23f0937021e333a4b0be608df07c3

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_sparc.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 166704 b39759f84a47b5876fc6fa1d0cd15b83
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_4.3p2-9etch2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 640390 179203ca93933eaa8533b9d5b92bd018
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/ssh-askpass-gnome_4.3p2-9etch2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 99644 3c7bed91286b1d9480a1453e7672242a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client-udeb_4.3p2-9etch2_sparc.udeb
Size/MD5 checksum: 158358 5850cbde916ceb8eed29a0c52e2c799c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_4.3p2-9etch2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 218146 15608f46ef44bcd8f3244dd7fe58de52


These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show lt;pkggt;' and http://packages.debian.org/lt;pkggt;
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