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CVE-2014-2653

Published: 27 March 2014

The verify_host_key function in sshconnect.c in the client in OpenSSH 6.6 and earlier allows remote servers to trigger the skipping of SSHFP DNS RR checking by presenting an unacceptable HostCertificate.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
code is different in lucid, and doesn't seem vulnerable

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
openssh
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Not vulnerable

precise
Released (1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1.3)
quantal
Released (1:6.0p1-3ubuntu1.2)
saucy
Released (1:6.2p2-6ubuntu0.3)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
vendor: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-ssh/openssh.git;a=commit;h=63d5fa28e16d96db6bac2dbe3fcecb65328f8966
upstream: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshconnect.c.diff?r1=1.246;r2=1.247