Bug#286844: Debian bug #286844: possible explanation.
On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 10:57:12AM +0200, Geoffroy Fouquier wrote:
> Quoting Darren Tucker <dtucker@zip.com.au>:
> >I found your Debian bug report about sshd segfaulting during DH GEX
> >and think I can offer an explanation. I recently helped someone else
> >who reported something very similar and tracked it down to an
> >apparent bug in OpenSSL that manifests only on SPARCs and crashes in
> >exactly the same spot as your report.
>
> thanks for your explanation, I guess this is correct since unfortunately
> I can't reproduce this bug anymore. I suggest to close this bug and/or
> at lest to tag it unreproducible.
According to OpenSSL's cvs, the fix is in >= 0.9.7j and >= 0.9.8b so if
you have those now it would explain why you're not seeing it any more.
AFAICT all upstream releases of 0.9.6 have the problem.
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