This security vulnerability was discovered after the original release of hardy, and updated packages were issued long ago for all architectures, including powerpc. It sounds like you have not applied security updates to your system. The master archive shows;
openssh-client | 1:4.7p1-8ubuntu1 | hardy | amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, lpia, powerpc, sparc openssh-client | 1:4.7p1-8ubuntu1.2 | hardy-security | amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, lpia, powerpc, sparc openssh-client | 1:4.7p1-8ubuntu1.2 | hardy-updates | amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, lpia, powerpc, sparc Make sure that the following lines are in /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports hardy-security main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports hardy-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse Then press "Check" followed by "Install Updates" in System -> Administration -> Update Manager, or run 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade', or whatever other upgrade method you prefer. I don't know why your system wasn't already fixed. Perhaps you simply didn't apply security updates for some reason, or perhaps you ran into some installer bug that meant that hardy-security wasn't in sources.list (though I'm astonished that at least hardy-updates wasn't there). I am confident that all such installer bugs have been fixed by now, although of course this is one area where it's particularly difficult to issue updates effectively! ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- hardy ppc (ports.ubuntu.com) includes broken (old) openssh-client package which only generates comprimized keys. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/287256 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs