-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

- - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------
GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-14
- - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------

          PACKAGE : openssh
          SUMMARY : multiple vulnerabilities in new PAM code
             DATE : 2003-09-23 20:25 UTC
          EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =openssh-3.7.1_p2
              CVE :

- - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------

quote from advisory:

"Portable OpenSSH versions 3.7p1 and 3.7.1p1 contain multiple
vulnerabilities in the new PAM code. At least one of these bugs
is remotely exploitable (under a non-standard configuration,
with privsep disabled)."

read the full advisory at: 
openssh

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-misc/openssh upgrade to openssh-3.7.1_p2 as follows:

emerge sync
emerge openssh
emerge clean

- - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------
aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at   
- - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE/cKxBfT7nyhUpoZMRAmw0AJ92FPN0+E9Sm30c8B8rjF31/gQ7UwCcCWmi
ZSsCQAtKpTlq4M/KTdfMQ5M=mEO/
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----