- Issued:
- 2009-01-20
- Updated:
- 2009-01-20
RHBA-2009:0209 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
openssh bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated openssh packages that fix a bug and add various enhancements are
now available.
Description
OpenSSH is OpenBSD's SSH (Secure SHell) protocol implementation. These
packages include the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH client and
server.
These updated packages fix a bug in which the 'service sshd status' command
sometimes incorrectly indicated that the sshd daemon was running even when
it was not. In these updated packages, requesting the status of the sshd
daemon works as expected, thus resolving the issue.
In addition, these updated packages provide the following enhancements:
- the server daemon and the client utilities now contain changes which
allow using the OpenSSH client and server with the FIPS-140-2-validated
OpenSSL library running in FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) mode.
- the performance of scp and sftp file transfers was improved over
high-latency, high-bandwidth connections.
- the sftp server now allows logging of the file transfer commands issued.
- the scp(1) manual page has been improved by the addition of more detailed
information.
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated openssh packages, which
resolve this issue and add these enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 430877 - 'service sshd status' is broken
- BZ - 433381 - Slight addition to the "scp" man page
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 3c1d4285bda0f7f14da278de4aa46aec668818025fc973cfccc18a0853d90aa9 |
x86_64 | |
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 94b5db9233f8b946b4ad4b8580408b93321e6dcf7c1c05d69fff44ca4fae830e |
openssh-askpass-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 49586ced873e2acf7aa62396885d222187ea87a825413fc893eda3b42627e725 |
openssh-clients-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 68d618fcf4c7c26900f86a5c9610e2ef0b8c6a65d910a8e125e8601c8a1d3c00 |
openssh-server-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 283bfc1ca763fae6ca798a72f03b2e54d62f6953ab14097a001fe2a39d779a05 |
ia64 | |
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 6452d95a030b9fb79ca40edb716bed8a84d4ed50c9428a239de48ba33622517e |
openssh-askpass-4.3p2-29.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9c04b3889999a4785705064b350e7cf6f40773569c7ed0b555d6e0f500eef6c4 |
openssh-clients-4.3p2-29.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e2a7438efdb7e3114f36563b4f6ebc91505fcbf16d07eb3bc77d6b622da7336a |
openssh-server-4.3p2-29.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c9d34a2d815a5b77546e8c9b32fc4a3d9f26e90048f4a818b5bd90163790950f |
i386 | |
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 28b243b6cccdb4d09910a2bc573828bc4becf1ae11c5b67419450a056b73cb7e |
openssh-askpass-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e45a2ac78f6e853a4a23f78b2827aad3ddbc864734f930f5148ecfd99392022f |
openssh-clients-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d68cffb59104a3e11e83b5da2b3c1169bcdd5ffde1bfd79f4e7f1b9cc04b2377 |
openssh-server-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 115e5bad26b201e4d10db14d19b3bc71ca79aebb3736b0b84cada3e657cc0818 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 3c1d4285bda0f7f14da278de4aa46aec668818025fc973cfccc18a0853d90aa9 |
x86_64 | |
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 94b5db9233f8b946b4ad4b8580408b93321e6dcf7c1c05d69fff44ca4fae830e |
openssh-askpass-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 49586ced873e2acf7aa62396885d222187ea87a825413fc893eda3b42627e725 |
openssh-clients-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 68d618fcf4c7c26900f86a5c9610e2ef0b8c6a65d910a8e125e8601c8a1d3c00 |
openssh-server-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 283bfc1ca763fae6ca798a72f03b2e54d62f6953ab14097a001fe2a39d779a05 |
i386 | |
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 28b243b6cccdb4d09910a2bc573828bc4becf1ae11c5b67419450a056b73cb7e |
openssh-askpass-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e45a2ac78f6e853a4a23f78b2827aad3ddbc864734f930f5148ecfd99392022f |
openssh-clients-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d68cffb59104a3e11e83b5da2b3c1169bcdd5ffde1bfd79f4e7f1b9cc04b2377 |
openssh-server-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 115e5bad26b201e4d10db14d19b3bc71ca79aebb3736b0b84cada3e657cc0818 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 3c1d4285bda0f7f14da278de4aa46aec668818025fc973cfccc18a0853d90aa9 |
x86_64 | |
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 94b5db9233f8b946b4ad4b8580408b93321e6dcf7c1c05d69fff44ca4fae830e |
openssh-askpass-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 49586ced873e2acf7aa62396885d222187ea87a825413fc893eda3b42627e725 |
openssh-clients-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 68d618fcf4c7c26900f86a5c9610e2ef0b8c6a65d910a8e125e8601c8a1d3c00 |
openssh-server-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 283bfc1ca763fae6ca798a72f03b2e54d62f6953ab14097a001fe2a39d779a05 |
i386 | |
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 28b243b6cccdb4d09910a2bc573828bc4becf1ae11c5b67419450a056b73cb7e |
openssh-askpass-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e45a2ac78f6e853a4a23f78b2827aad3ddbc864734f930f5148ecfd99392022f |
openssh-clients-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d68cffb59104a3e11e83b5da2b3c1169bcdd5ffde1bfd79f4e7f1b9cc04b2377 |
openssh-server-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 115e5bad26b201e4d10db14d19b3bc71ca79aebb3736b0b84cada3e657cc0818 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 3c1d4285bda0f7f14da278de4aa46aec668818025fc973cfccc18a0853d90aa9 |
s390x | |
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 9fde77b89e4576e26aaf7da3d9896aeafcc2e95e98cc4d5b7b4512857c6a2cd4 |
openssh-askpass-4.3p2-29.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: a2b1345372c3b7ced41ec31545dbd13ca218cdd1d6f86a5cb41394b329bbd4f8 |
openssh-clients-4.3p2-29.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 8a7794383d380823245bf490f6ea2817c2d559bf846e6db068dfa9470c1dde0c |
openssh-server-4.3p2-29.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 8faa2f7dd4cd77792c737720d26f1a9925521ca4c3968818abf25150106fb596 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 3c1d4285bda0f7f14da278de4aa46aec668818025fc973cfccc18a0853d90aa9 |
ppc | |
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: a4c7df8eda9f6b7762fea8fc734ec8d6cdc9cd6507fd76c294cb84ca4a048db9 |
openssh-askpass-4.3p2-29.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: f5922c4e746afef776b4164e430284793227a571fcaf0c74e85cc99b30d66839 |
openssh-clients-4.3p2-29.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: eca1e59e51515ac72236b9de952049f5baadc2f70a282adff2b1d08852fa0f20 |
openssh-server-4.3p2-29.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 41ba47ef39c36cdc93aedf46e4a4f74411bb7d8e940d86fd5b3bab7884c249be |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 3c1d4285bda0f7f14da278de4aa46aec668818025fc973cfccc18a0853d90aa9 |
x86_64 | |
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 94b5db9233f8b946b4ad4b8580408b93321e6dcf7c1c05d69fff44ca4fae830e |
openssh-askpass-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 49586ced873e2acf7aa62396885d222187ea87a825413fc893eda3b42627e725 |
openssh-clients-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 68d618fcf4c7c26900f86a5c9610e2ef0b8c6a65d910a8e125e8601c8a1d3c00 |
openssh-server-4.3p2-29.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 283bfc1ca763fae6ca798a72f03b2e54d62f6953ab14097a001fe2a39d779a05 |
i386 | |
openssh-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 28b243b6cccdb4d09910a2bc573828bc4becf1ae11c5b67419450a056b73cb7e |
openssh-askpass-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e45a2ac78f6e853a4a23f78b2827aad3ddbc864734f930f5148ecfd99392022f |
openssh-clients-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d68cffb59104a3e11e83b5da2b3c1169bcdd5ffde1bfd79f4e7f1b9cc04b2377 |
openssh-server-4.3p2-29.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 115e5bad26b201e4d10db14d19b3bc71ca79aebb3736b0b84cada3e657cc0818 |
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