Issued:
2017-04-18
Updated:
2017-07-17

RHEA-2017:1054 - sshpass bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

sshpass bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory None

Topic

Updated sshpass packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.

Description

This package provides a tool for non-interactively performing password authentication with so called "interactive keyboard password authentication" of SSH. Most users should use more secure public key authentication of SSH instead.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Virtualization4.1x86_64

Updated Packages

  • sshpass-1.05-5.el7.src.rpm
  • sshpass-1.05-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • sshpass-debuginfo-1.05-5.el7.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information