[CentOS] Fwd: Heads up: OpenSSH users

Thu Jan 14 17:18:58 UTC 2016
Timo Schöler <lists at riscworks.net>

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On 01/14/2016 06:05 PM, Timo Schöler wrote:
> On 01/14/2016 05:34 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> Michael H wrote:
>>> Probably worth a read...
>>> 
>>> http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.1p2
>>> 
>>>> Important SSH patch coming soon.  For now, everyone on all 
>>>> operating systems, please do the following:
>>>> 
>>>> Add undocumented "UseRoaming no" to ssh_config or use 
>>>> "-oUseRoaming=no" to prevent upcoming #openssh client bug 
>>>> CVE-2016-0777. More later.
>>> 
>>> echo "UseRoaming no" >> /etc/ssh/ssh_config
> 
>> Please clarify - will the update add *Roam* to 
>> /etc/ssh/ssh_config?
> 
> It will fix the bug.
> 
>> I've just checked on two systems that are CentOS 7, a server, and
>> a workstation that I literally built yesterday, and grep -i on
>> both reports "no, not here".
> 
> Yes, as it's undocumented, but enabled since about 2010.

FYI:

https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/search?q=AppGate+Network+Sec
urity+AB

> Even OpenBSD 5.9 (pre-release, it's going to be released on May
> 1st, 2016) does not mention it.
> 
> Timo
> 
>> mark

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