OpenSSH Vulnerability Disclosed, Version 3.4 Released

Dan writes: "OpenSSH 3.4 has been released and will be shortly available on all mirrors. All versions of OpenSSH's sshd between 2.9.9 and 3.3 contain an input validation error that can result in an integer overflow and privilege escalation. OpenSSH 3.4 fixes this bug." And kylus writes: "The previously mentioned vulnerability in OpenSSH has been disclosed by ISS X-Force today on the BugTraq list. This is a potential remote root compromise, and while there is a workaround, it's advised that users upgrade to version 3.4 as soon as they can."

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