Security update for jsch

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0715-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-5725 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for jsch to version 0.1.54 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-5725: recursive sftp get client-side windows path traversal (bsc#997542).

Bugfixes: - sftp-put may send the garbage data in some rare case. - fixed a deadlock bug in KnownHosts#getHostKey(). - SftpProgressMonitor#init() was not invoked in sftp-put by using the output-stream. - KnownHosts#setKnownHosts() should accept the non-existing file. - excluding the user interaction time from the timeout value. - addressing SFTP slow file transfer speed with Titan FTP. - updating copyright messages; 2015 -> 2016

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Manager Server 3.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Server-3.0-2017-391=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Server 3.0 (noarch)
    • jsch-0.1.54-3.1

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