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security in numbers
security in numbers

 ///  File Name:USN-612-7.txt
Description:
Ubuntu Security Notice 612-7 - USN-612-2 introduced protections for OpenSSH, related to the OpenSSL vulnerabilities addressed by USN-612-1. This update provides the corresponding updates for OpenSSH in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. While the OpenSSL in Ubuntu 6.06 is not vulnerable, this update will block weak keys generated on systems that may have been affected themselves. A weakness has been discovered in the random number generator used by OpenSSL on Debian and Ubuntu systems. As a result of this weakness, certain encryption keys are much more common than they should be, such that an attacker could guess the key through a brute-force attack given minimal knowledge of the system. This particularly affects the use of encryption keys in OpenSSH, OpenVPN and SSL certificates.
Homepage:http://security.ubuntu.com/
File Size:5554
Related CVE(s):CVE-2008-0166
Last Modified:May 20 10:17:08 2008
MD5 Checksum:a6547a41f905e6a3fd2d547f9767ba3e

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