[ale] SSH Patch

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Tue Sep 16 13:23:14 EDT 2003


If I just got 3.7p1, Why is the OpenSSH.org page not updated.  I can
t find a single reference to this issue on OpenSSH.org

On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:20:45PM -0400, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 September 2003 11:00, synco gibraldter wrote:
> 
> > it appears that they're now using an intermediate variable to change
> > the buffer size and check before adjusting the primary variable....
> > looks like it may have been susceptible to an overflow?  i can't tell
> > for sure.  anyone know if there are active exploits yet or if this is a
> > precaution?  thanks.
> 
> There have been reports of compromised systems. No details, but at least 
> one major ISP was reportedly filtering SSH connections last night after 
> receiving reports of multiple incidents.
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan Rickman
> Key ID: 0DF501FF
> 
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