[CentOS-devel] Re: openssh security update

Scott Silva

ssilva at sgvwater.com
Mon May 7 22:34:29 UTC 2007


Akemi Yagi spake the following on 5/7/2007 3:17 PM:
> On 5/7/07, Johnny Hughes
> <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 12:57 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>> > CentOS developers,
>> >
>> > Could someone take a look at this?  It was posted on the CentOS Forum
>> > by bdaniels. Apparently this security update came out on May 1, but
>> > not all versions have been made available for CentOS.
>> >
>> > Akemi
>> >
>> > === Forum posting by bdaniels ===
>> >
>> > Well, the announce list has been posting them:
>> >
>> > [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:0257 Low CentOS 4 s390(x) openssh -
>> security update
>> > 05/04/2007 06:44 PM
>> >
>> > CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:0257
>> >
>> > https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0257.html
>> >
>> >
>> > But only for the s390 and ia64 architectures. The i386/ia32 ones are
>> missing.
>> > _______________________________________________
>>
>> That would be because they are part of the 4.5 respin ...
>>
>> In the past, if we have released only parts of the respin, we have had
>> errors because some of the packages are compiled on the new glibc/gcc.
> 
> OK...BUT, as bdaniels noted, the above update is already out for
> CentOS ia64 (May 2) and s390 (May 4)...
> 
> Akemi
Those arch's probably aren't scheduled for a respin right away. IA64 and s390
are probably in the single digit percentage of installs, and those respins can
probably be put off for an extra week or two without serious complaints. But
the ssh patches probably shouldn't wait that long.

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