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VPR Score: 5.9
Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
Description
This update for openssh fixes the following issues :
Security issue fixed :
- CVE-2017-15906: Stricter checking of operations in read-only mode in sftp server (bsc#1065000).
Bug fixes :
- FIPS: Startup selfchecks (bsc#1068310).
- FIPS: Silent complaints about unsupported key exchange methods (bsc#1006166).
- Refine handling of sockets for X11 forwarding to remove reintroduced CVE-2008-1483 (bsc#1069509).
- Test configuration before running daemon to prevent looping resulting in service shutdown (bsc#1048367)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.
Solution
Update the affected openssh packages.