Bug 521

Summary:	upgrade openssh from 5.6p1 to 5.8p1 (latest stable) to fix bugs, security problem and add improvements
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Y.LE_NY <yleny>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	balcaen.john, mageia
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
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Source RPM:		CVE:
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Description Y.LE_NY 2011-03-23 23:41:09 CET

Description of problem:
Mageia 1 Alpha 2 use openssh 5.6p1 release 
but the latest stable version is 5.8p1.
Please upgrade it from 5.6p1 (2010-08-23) to 5.8p1 (2011-02-04) to fix bugs, security problem and add improvements.

openssh 5.7 changelog available at
http://openssh.com/txt/release-5.7
and
openssh 5.8 changelog available at
http://openssh.com/txt/release-5.8

Sources:
http://ftp.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-5.8p1.tar.gz

For better information, latest openssh release in several Linux
Distribution :
Fedora 15 rawhide use 5.8p1
OpenSuse 11.4 and factory use 5.8p1
Debian unstable sid use 5.8p1	
Ubuntu snapshot natty use 5.8p1
Mandriva cooker use 5.8p1

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openssh-5.6p1-4.mga1

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Y.LE_NY 2011-03-23 23:42:06 CET

note : the only and previous mageia packager for openssh was blino.

Y.LE_NY 2011-03-23 23:54:22 CET

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 2 Y.LE_NY 2011-04-09 20:09:25 CEST

openssh  is not upgraded from 5.6p1 to 5.8p1 in Mageia 1 Beta 1.
Then now, is it for Mageia 2 release ?

Comment 3 John Balcaen 2011-05-06 02:13:05 CEST

done by pterjan

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => balcaen.john
Resolution: (none) => FIXED