OpenSSH patch

Arnold, Paul C CTR USARMY PEO STRI (US) paul.c.arnold4.ctr at mail.mil
Fri Aug 14 18:41:05 UTC 2015


In my view, this would fall under CVEs -- SSG is used to verify configuration compliance (CCEs).

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Paul C. Arnold
IT Systems Engineer
Cole Engineering Services, Inc.

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Subject: OpenSSH patch

A patch for the SSH bug that bypassed the MaxAuthTries limit was just
patched. Has MaxAuthTries been considered as a control in the security
guide?

http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0
https://threatpost.com/openssh-7-0-fixes-four-flaws/114265

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