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Security Advisory - Moderate: libssh2 security update - RH EL6

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Red Hat has released a security update for EL6 that will apply to
Koozali SME9.#, it has been rated as Moderate.

Update will be available from upstream as appropriate.

See here for full notice: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0428.html

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: libssh2 security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2016:0428-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0428.html
Issue date:        2016-03-10
CVE Names:         CVE-2016-0787
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1. Summary:

Updated libssh2 packages that fix one security issue are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

3. Description:

The libssh2 packages provide a library that implements the SSHv2 protocol.

A type confusion issue was found in the way libssh2 generated ephemeral
secrets for the diffie-hellman-group1 and diffie-hellman-group14 key
exchange methods. This would cause an SSHv2 Diffie-Hellman handshake to use
significantly less secure random parameters. (CVE-2016-0787)

Red Hat would like to thank Aris Adamantiadis for reporting this issue.

All libssh2 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing these
updated packages, all running applications using libssh2 must be restarted
for this update to take effect.
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