OpenSSH: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201903-16

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSH, the worst of which could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access.

Affected packages

net-misc/openssh on all architectures
Affected versions < 7.9_p1-r4
Unaffected versions >= 7.9_p1-r4

Background

OpenSSH is a complete SSH protocol implementation that includes SFTP client and server support.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSH. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could overwrite arbitrary files, transfer malicious files, or gain unauthorized access.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenSSH users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openssh-7.9_p1-r4"
 

References

Release date
March 20, 2019

Latest revision
March 20, 2019: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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