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TITLE:
Globus Toolkit GSI-OpenSSH Two Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24805

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24805/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
GSI-OpenSSH 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/13887/
Globus Toolkit 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/11500/

DESCRIPTION:
Globus has acknowledged two vulnerabilities in GSI-OpenSSH, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or
to potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA22091
SA22173

The vulnerabilities are reported in the following products and
versions:
* Globus Toolkit versions 4.0.0-4.0.3 and 4.1.0-4.1.1
* GSI-OpenSSH version 3.8 and prior

NOTE: Globus Toolkit 4.0.4 reportedly includes GSI-OpenSSH 3.9, which
is not affected.  Globus Toolkit 3.2 and prior reportedly do not
include GSI-OpenSSH.

SOLUTION:
Update to GSI-OpenSSH version 3.9.
http://grid.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ssh/download.html

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www-unix.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2007/04/msg00000.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA22091:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22091

SA22173:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22173

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