openssl bug causes sshd crashed on FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE

Akihiro HIRANO hirano at t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
Wed Mar 9 12:32:43 UTC 2016


Hi,

On 2016/03/09 19:59, Frank Möller wrote:
> I got the same problem here.
>
> After updating to FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p37 sshd from the base system crashes by signal 11
 > when I connect to the server with an old ssh client (e.g. OpenSSH_4.5p1).
> Using a newer ssh client versions (e.g. OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 from FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p10)
 > the sshd works fine.

Hum... I tried OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 client on 9.3-RELEASE-p37
and OpenSSH_6.4p1 client on 10.0-RELEASE-p18.
Both clients cause sshd on 9.3-RELEASE-p37 crashed by signal 11.


Another admin states that postfix smtpd also has the same problem.
Using security/openssl is also a workaround for this case.


Best Regards,
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Akihiro HIRANO, Kanazawa University
hirano at t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp


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