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TITLE:
Red Hat Update for Tampered OpenSSH Packages

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31575

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31575/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Unknown

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for openssh, which corrects  a small
number of OpenSSH packages that have been tampered with.

Some packages have been signed during an intrusion incident on the
Red Hat computer systems. The vendor is still investigating the
incident.

An issue that prevents ssh from using a trusted X11 cookie if
creation of an untrusted cookie fails has also been corrected.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

Use the OpenSSH blacklist script to ensure that none of the affected
packages are installed on your system.
http://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.html

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html

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