[HLUG] SSH vulnerability in Debian and Ubuntu

Julian Robbins joolsr at fastmail.fm
Thu May 15 00:37:20 BST 2008


Mark Broadbent wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For those of you who use Debian or Ubuntu (or any Debian based
> distribution) and use ssh.  You will want to upgrade your machines to
> the latest security updates as a critical flaw has been found in
> OpenSSh on these platforms.  You will need to also generate new SSH
> keys as well (Debian has a tool to determine if your keys are
> compropmised).
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>   

Thanks for that, I saw the updates come down a few mins ago.

What's the plan for the next meeting? Its next Weds isnt it ?

I'm quite keen to have a LUG meeting up at my house in the summer if 
anyone would like to come - we can make it a social event, with some 
food and drink too perhaps.

Julian




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