MGASA-2015-0321

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MGASA-2015-0321

Summary: Updated openssh packages fix security vulnerabilities

Details: Privilege seaparation weakness related to PAM support allowing the attacker to impersonate other users was found in openssh package. Attackers who could successfully compromise the pre-authentication process for remote code execution and who had valid credentials on the host could impersonate other users (rhbz#1252844). Use-after-free bug was found in openssh package. The vulnerability is exploitable by attackers who could compromise the pre-authentication process for remote code execution (rhbz#1252852).

References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0321.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16617, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/11/9, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164224.html