MGASA-2015-0271

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    MGASA-2015-0271

    Published: 9 Jul 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5352

    Summary: Updated openssh package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: In Portable OpenSSH before 6.9p1, when forwarding X11 connections with ForwardX11Trusted=no, connections made after ForwardX11Timeout expired could be permitted and no longer subject to XSECURITY restrictions because of an ineffective timeout check in ssh (CVE-2015-5352).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0271.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16266, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/01/10

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openssh

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/openssh?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.2p2-3.3.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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