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<patchinfo incident="3005">
  <issue id="989363" tracker="bnc">VUL-0: CVE-2016-6210: openssh: User enumeration via covert timing channel</issue>
  <issue id="948902" tracker="bnc">sftp failures after installation of openssh 6.2p2-0.21.1</issue>
  <issue id="992533" tracker="bnc">VUL-0: CVE-2016-6515: openssh: auth_password function in auth-passwd.c in OpenSSH before 7.3 does not limit password length</issue>
  <issue id="981654" tracker="bnc">openssh error mesage about undefined display in SLE 12</issue>
  <issue id="2016-6210" tracker="cve" />
  <issue id="2016-6515" tracker="cve" />
  <category>security</category>
  <rating>moderate</rating>
  <packager>pcerny</packager>
  <description>
This update for openssh fixes the following issues:

- Prevent user enumeration through the timing of password
  processing (bsc#989363, CVE-2016-6210)
  [-prevent_timing_user_enumeration]
- Allow lowering the DH groups parameter limit in server as well
  as when GSSAPI key exchange is used (bsc#948902)
- limit accepted password length (prevents possible DoS)
  (bsc#992533, CVE-2016-6515)

Bug fixes:
- avoid complaining about unset DISPLAY variable (bsc#981654)
</description>
  <summary>Security update for openssh</summary>
</patchinfo>

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