So the clear consensus is that the server is not vulnerable, and the error message is reasonably straight forward - port forwarding does not work.
** Summary changed: - Poppy returns a weird error message if someone tries to forward a port + attempting to forward a port on sftp://archive.ubuntu.com / ppa.ubuntu.com and sftp://bazaar.launchpad.net reports a failure rather than 'administratively denied' ** Changed in: launchpad Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689213 Title: attempting to forward a port on sftp://archive.ubuntu.com / ppa.ubuntu.com and sftp://bazaar.launchpad.net reports a failure rather than 'administratively denied' -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs