Public bug reported:

Hi,

yeah, it's not yet a bug, but it will become a (security) bug within
lifetime of 20.04 if not 'fixed'.

Currently openssh for Ubuntu 20.04 is still on 8.1p1, while upstream the
version 8.2 has just been released:

https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-
announce/2020-February/000138.html

It comes with important security updates, e.g. not accepting SHA-1 for
key generation/signature anymore, and using FIDO2/U2F-tokens as a second
factor. Especially the latter significantly improves security and helps
against stealing keys and hijacking machines.

It would be important (and nice) to have these improvements of security
in Ubuntu 20.04.


It might not yet be seen as a security vulnerability, but it will probably 
become one soon. 

Thanks

** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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