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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1500-2 openssh -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

12 Sep 2018

Affected Packages:

openssh

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 908652.

More information:

The security update of OpenSSH announced as DLA 1500-1 introduced a bug in openssh-client: when X11 forwarding is enabled (via system-wide configuration in ssh_config or via -X command line switch), but no DISPLAY is set, the client produces a "DISPLAY "(null)" invalid; disabling X11 forwarding" warning. These bug was introduced by the patch set to fix the CVE-2016-1908 issue. For reference, the following is the relevant section of the original announcement:

• CVE-2016-1908

  OpenSSH mishandled untrusted X11 forwarding when the X server disables the SECURITY extension. Untrusted connections could obtain trusted X11 forwarding privileges. Reported by Thomas Hoger.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 1:6.7p1-5+deb8u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your openssh packages.

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