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Re: ssh security update and libpam-tmpdir



On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 02:50:15PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:18:32AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > If you have libpam-tmpdir installed, be careful when installing the
> > recent security update for OpenSSH; libpam-tmpdir will stop working
> > afterwards and cause ssh logins to be dropped (I've just filed a bug
> > report).
> > Since you almost certainly want to install the security update if you're
> > running an ssh server visible to the net, the workaround is to edit
> > /etc/pam.d/ssh and comment out the line for pam_tmpdir.
> Also, in the hope of reducing the number of questions to
> security@debian.org about this, don't worry that 'UsePrivilegeSeparation
> yes' doesn't appear in /etc/ssh/sshd_config after the upgrade.
> UsePrivilegeSeparation is on by default in OpenSSH 3.3.

    Is 3.3 or 3.4 going to appear in woody/testing? 

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