SUSE-SU-2016:1386-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:1386-1

    Published: 23 May 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for openssh

    Details: This update for OpenSSH fixes three security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-3115: Sanitise input for xauth(1) (bsc#970632) - CVE-2016-1908: Prevent X11 SECURITY circumvention when forwarding X11 connections (bsc#962313) - CVE-2015-8325: Ignore PAM environment when using login (bsc#975865) These non-security issues were fixed: - Fix help output of sftp (bsc#945493) - Restarting openssh with openssh-fips installed was not working correctly (bsc#945484) - Fix crashes when /proc is not available in the chroot (bsc#947458) - Correctly parse GSSAPI KEX algorithms (bsc#961368) - More verbose FIPS mode/CC related documentation in README.FIPS (bsc#965576, bsc#960414) - Fix PRNG re-seeding (bsc#960414, bsc#729190) - Disable DH parameters under 2048 bits by default and allow lowering the limit back to the RFC 4419 specified minimum through an option (bsc#932483, bsc#948902)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openssh

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/openssh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.6p1-42.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High