Re: URGENT SECURITY ADVISORY FOR SSH SECURE SHELL 3.0.0

[Jaime BENJUMEA]

Stephanie Thomas wrote:

> 
> A potential remote root exploit has been discovered 
> in SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0, for Unix only, concerning 
> accounts with password fields consisting of two or 
> fewer characters. Unauthorized users could potentially 
> log in to these accounts using any password, including 
> an empty password.  This affects SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0
> for Unix only.  This is a problem with password 

Does anybody know if previous versions (2.4) are also affected?