rPath Security Advisory: 2010-0011-1
Published: 2010-03-07
Products:
rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 1
rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 2
rPath Linux 1
rPath Linux 2
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
Remote User Non-deterministic Information Exposure
Updated Versions:
gnome-ssh-askpass=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/5.3p1-0.3-1
openssh=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/5.3p1-0.3-1
openssh=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/5.3p1-0.1-1
openssh-client=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/5.3p1-0.3-1
openssh-client=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/5.3p1-0.1-1
openssh-server=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/5.3p1-0.3-1
openssh-server=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/5.3p1-0.1-1
rPath Issue Tracking System:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-3183
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5161
Description:
In previous versions of openssh, the default cipher order preferred a
block cipher algorithm in Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode, which is
suspectible to a plaintext recovery attack. This update changes the
cipher order to prefer the AES CTR modes, and adds countermeasures
to mitigate attacks against CBC modes.
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0011
Copyright 2010 rPath, Inc.
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