You might want to read this: (from LWN.NET)

Theo de Raadt has announced a vulnerability in OpenSSH. "There is an
upcoming OpenSSH vulnerability that we're working on with ISS. Details
will be published early next week." The latest version, 3.3, does not
specifically fix the problem, but it creates an environment in which the
bug may not compromise your system. While waiting for the actual fix, you
may want to upgrade to 3.3.


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Note to all that the PrivSep feature of 3.3 does not work with compression
enabled (the default) ON KERNEL 2.2.x; You need to turn of compression for
it to work.  Be warned! Updating a remote openssh, kernel 2.2. system with
both privsep and compression enabled will make the ssh server bomb out and
the result is you will loose the ability to connect to the remote ssh
server, which means...

Ian





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