Source: openssh Version: 1:9.7p1-7 Severity: important Tags: security upstream X-Debbugs-Cc: car...@debian.org, Debian Security Team <t...@security.debian.org>
Hi, Colin, this is just to fill a bug for BTS tracking, I'm aware that you know, and we agreed to just fix it along when updating to 9.8. The following vulnerability was published for openssh. CVE-2024-39894[0]: | OpenSSH 9.5 through 9.7 before 9.8 sometimes allows timing attacks | against echo-off password entry (e.g., for su and Sudo) because of | an ObscureKeystrokeTiming logic error. Similarly, other timing | attacks against keystroke entry could occur. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-39894 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39894 [1] https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-announce/2024-July/000158.html [2] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/02/1 Regards, Salvatore
