Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-051 - The default configuration of OpenSSH through 6.1 enforces a fixed time limit between establishing a TCP connection and completing a login, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service by periodically making many new TCP connections. The updated packages have been patched to correct thies issue.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2013:051
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : openssh
Date : April 5, 2013
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in openssh:
The default configuration of OpenSSH through 6.1 enforces a fixed
time limit between establishing a TCP connection and completing a
login, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial
of service (connection-slot exhaustion) by periodically making many
new TCP connections (CVE-2010-5107).
The updated packages have been patched to correct thies issue.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-5107
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
490cc20f62d9041848fecc0d113929c7 mbs1/x86_64/openssh-5.9p1-6.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
15fda9cfa94392e3335045b77cabc454 mbs1/x86_64/openssh-askpass-5.9p1-6.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
166e9356916ff90fea38e062a38f3c46 mbs1/x86_64/openssh-askpass-common-5.9p1-6.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
3e89fdee6676cad1a367bcb08d2a0598 mbs1/x86_64/openssh-askpass-gnome-5.9p1-6.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
da53e32963914ebd5ef2a711f9eb17b8 mbs1/x86_64/openssh-clients-5.9p1-6.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
5fcf1ae9ec65ab8a6caef1ddae3995a2 mbs1/x86_64/openssh-server-5.9p1-6.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
02d438c1966e5e0d3dac8ff4410a13aa mbs1/SRPMS/openssh-5.9p1-6.1.mbs1.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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