Re: openssh 3.7.1 patched or not?

[Thomas Lotterer <thl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2003, Tom Brown wrote:

> 
> why does the tarball for openssh-3.7p1.tar.gz have [...]
> when the advisory http://www.openssh.com/txt/buffer.adv [...]
> 
> it's like 3.7.1 doesn't have all the changes in it?! If I'm right, and
> others have missed this, there may be a lot of folks with a false sense of
> security.
> 
Tom,
not all others missed this.  See OpenPKG Security Advisory
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2003.040-openssh.html

check the CVS timeline at
http://cvs.openpkg.org/rlog?f=openpkg-src/openssh/openssh.spec and see
the associated checkins referenced below. It's worth looking at the
comments in the patches.

    http://cvs.openpkg.org/chngview?cn=12266
    http://cvs.openpkg.org/chngview?cn=12268
        upgrading package: openssh 3.7p1 -> 3.7.1p1
        add more bugfix patches from Solar Designer
        led to openssh-3.7.1p1-20030917

    http://cvs.openpkg.org/chngview?cn=12270
        apply buffer.adv V2 patch plus similar extra ones
        led to openssh-3.6.1p2-1.3.2

    http://cvs.openpkg.org/chngview?cn=12272
        apply buffer.adv V2 patch plus similar extra ones
        led to openssh-3.5p1-1.2.4

The OpenPKG-SA-2003.040-openssh was written with all issues but only the
number CAN-2003-0693 known. Now we know more details.

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0693

    Original OpenSSH buffer handling problem, fixed in OpenSSH 3.7
    http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=106371592604940

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0695

    Updates to the OpenSSH buffer handling problem, fixed in OpenSSH 3.7.1
    http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=106375582924840

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0682

    Additional updates to OpenSSH by Solar Designer

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Thomas.Lotterer@xxxxxx, Cable & Wireless