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> From: Global InterSec Research <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: OPENSSH REMOTE ROOT COMPROMISE ALL VERSIONS
> Date: 06 Jan 2003 20:05:32 +0000
> 
> 
> As some may have gathered, the advisory recently posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> was indeed a fake, intended to highlight several unclear statements made in 
> GIS2002062801. 
> 
> The advisory in question is currently being updated with more detailed 
> information and will be 
> re-posted at: http://www.globalintersec.com/adv/openssh-2002062801.txt as 
> soon as it becomes 
> available.
> 
> Note that the kbd-init flaw described in GIS2002062801 was proven to be 
> exploitable in our lab
> although not all evidence to demonstrate this was provided in the original 
> advisory. A mistake
> was made in the original advisory draft, where chunk content data was shown, 
> rather than the
> entire corrupted malloc chunk. This will be amended in the revision.
> 
> Also note that to our knowledge there are currently no known, exploitable 
> flaws in OpenSSH 3.5p1, 
> due to its use of PAM as suggested by [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is almost certain 
> that the posted
> bogus advisory was also intended to cause alarm amongst communities using 
> OpenSSH, through
> miss-information.
> 
> 
> Global InterSec LLC.
> 
> 

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