[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: libssh-0.7.3-1.fc23

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2016-d9f950c779
2016-02-28 08:31:31.054031
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Name        : libssh
Product     : Fedora 23
Version     : 0.7.3
Release     : 1.fc23
URL         : http://www.libssh.org
Summary     : A library implementing the SSH protocol
Description :
The ssh library was designed to be used by programmers needing a working SSH
implementation by the mean of a library. The complete control of the client is
made by the programmer. With libssh, you can remotely execute programs, transfer
files, use a secure and transparent tunnel for your remote programs. With its
Secure FTP implementation, you can play with remote files easily, without
third-party programs others than libcrypto (from openssl).

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Update Information:

Fix CVE-2016-0739
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1311259 - CVE-2016-0739 libssh: bits/bytes confusion resulting in truncated Difffie-Hellman secret length [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311259
  [ 2 ] Bug #1311332 - libssh-0.7.3 is available
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311332
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update libssh' at the command line.
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