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  • From: Craig Van Tassle <craig AT codestorm.org>
  • To: SM-Security AT lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: Re: [SM-Security] Openssh remote root. for 3.6p1
  • Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:53:13 -0500

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Ahh I guess I missed that one. Yea its right grsecurity would fix it but IMHO that really should be fixed in the code.
Seth Woolley wrote:

| I'm replying back on list since I found another link..., hope you don't
| mind Niki.
|
| There was a reply on full-disclosure, but after analyzing it, I'm
| hard-pressed to see anything inherently wrong with the code as long as
| the buffer->offset is sane before it is passed to the function. I think
| we're being taken for a ride. Niki and I talked in irc, and we'll keep
| watching it for any movement. Anybody else is welcome to comment. I'm
| seriously having my doubts though. This is one of those things that
| PaX/grsecurity would prevent anyways, and priv-sep possibly, depending on
| where the code was run. I'm also confused that the original post
| mentioning 3.6p?, we're on 3.6 _point one_ p2 (3.6.1p2)... so I'm even
| more confused. Without official word from Theo, I'm very inclined to
| ignore.
|
| http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=106367504602779&w=2
|
| See that as well... the openssh people now know about the posts too, so
| I'm going to watch that as well.
|
| Seth
|
| On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Niki Guldbrand wrote:
|
| Hey Seth.
|
| What is all this about ??
|
| How serius is it ? (Have not heard anything other than what i have read
| here.)
|
| And is it only patchlevel 1 that has it ?
|
|
| Best Regards
|
| Niki
|
| On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 03:40, Seth Woolley wrote:
|
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| >New vuln? Full Disclosure has two threads so far:
| >http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010103.html
| >http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010135.html
| >
| >The second one is of note. See anything there that I don't? I'm waiting
| >for a response to the second thread for confirmation.
| >
| >But we're on 3.6.1p2 right now... think we're safe?
| >
| >Seth
| >
| >On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Craig Van Tassle wrote:
| >
| >>There has been some reports of a new vuln for openssh 3.6p1. As far as
| >>I know the vuln is only for 3.6p1 and 3.6p2 is save.
| >>
| >>
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