[NTLUG:Discuss] Hole found in SSH remote access software for Unix

[Steve Baker]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> 
> oh yeah (long A sound)  just what we need...
> 
> http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/24/010724hnssh.xml?0724ale
> rt
> 
> <snip>
> Hole found in SSH remote access software for Unix
> 
> By Joris Evers
> July 24, 2001 8:06 am PT
> 
> A FLAW IN SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0 remote access software for Unix could allow
> attackers to gain full control over servers and workstations running various
> flavors of Unix, software maker SSH Communications Security warned Monday.

Slashdot said that the bug was only in the commercial SSH and not in OpenSSH,
so I guess it's not so bad as all that.

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