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TITLE:
Red Hat update for openssh

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22196

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22196/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Privilege escalation, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for openssh. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions with escalated privileges, and by malicious
people to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial
of Service), and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA8974
SA18579
SA22091
SA22173

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0698.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA8974:
http://secunia.com/advisories/8974/

SA18579:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18579/

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

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

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