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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57637
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:204 (openssh)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to openssh
announced via advisory MDKSA-2006:204.

A vulnerability in the privilege separation functionality in OpenSSH
was discovered, caused by an incorrect checking for bad signatures in
sshd's privsep monitor. As a result, the monitor and the unprivileged
process can get out sync. The OpenSSH team indicated that this bug is
not known to be exploitable in the abence of additional
vulnerabilities.

Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue, and Mandriva
Linux 2007 has received the latest version of OpenSSH.

Affected: 2006.0, 2007.0, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0,
Multi Network Firewall 2.0


Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2006:204
http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.5

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-5794
BugTraq ID: 20956
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20956
Bugtraq: 20061109 rPSA-2006-0207-1 openssh openssh-client openssh-server (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451100/100/0/threaded
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:204
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.032-openssh.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11840
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2006:0738
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0738.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017183
http://secunia.com/advisories/22771
http://secunia.com/advisories/22772
http://secunia.com/advisories/22773
http://secunia.com/advisories/22778
http://secunia.com/advisories/22814
http://secunia.com/advisories/22872
http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
http://secunia.com/advisories/23513
http://secunia.com/advisories/23680
http://secunia.com/advisories/24055
SGI Security Advisory: 20061201-01-P
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.asc
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:026 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4399
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4400
XForce ISS Database: openssh-separation-verificaton-weakness(30120)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30120
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2006 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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