- Issued:
- 2025-05-13
- Updated:
- 2025-05-13
RHSA-2025:6993 - Moderate: openssh security update
Synopsis
Moderate: openssh security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Moderate
Topic
An update for openssh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
OpenSSH is an SSH protocol implementation supported by a number of Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. It includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH client and server.
Security Fix(es):
- openssh: Machine-in-the-middle attack if VerifyHostKeyDNS is enabled (CVE-2025-26465)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 | 9 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 9.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian | 9 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 9 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates | 9.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 | 9 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates | 9.6 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 9.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 9.6 | x86_64 |
Updated Packages
- openssh-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-keycat-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-keycat-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- openssh-clients-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-server-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- openssh-server-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-clients-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-server-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- pam_ssh_agent_auth-0.10.4-5.45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- pam_ssh_agent_auth-0.10.4-5.45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- openssh-server-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- pam_ssh_agent_auth-debuginfo-0.10.4-5.45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- openssh-sk-dummy-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-8.7p1-45.el9.src.rpm
- openssh-clients-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-askpass-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-askpass-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-debugsource-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-debugsource-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-clients-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- openssh-clients-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- openssh-debugsource-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-keycat-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-askpass-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- openssh-sk-dummy-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- openssh-askpass-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- pam_ssh_agent_auth-debuginfo-0.10.4-5.45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-server-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-askpass-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- openssh-sk-dummy-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-sk-dummy-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- pam_ssh_agent_auth-debuginfo-0.10.4-5.45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-clients-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-keycat-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-server-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-server-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-keycat-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- openssh-server-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-keycat-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-debugsource-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
- pam_ssh_agent_auth-0.10.4-5.45.el9.s390x.rpm
- pam_ssh_agent_auth-debuginfo-0.10.4-5.45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-clients-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-askpass-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-askpass-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-clients-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.ppc64le.rpm
- openssh-keycat-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-keycat-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.s390x.rpm
- openssh-debuginfo-8.7p1-45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- pam_ssh_agent_auth-0.10.4-5.45.el9.aarch64.rpm
- openssh-askpass-8.7p1-45.el9.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
- This content is not included.BZ - 2344780
- This content is not included.RHEL-47112
- This content is not included.RHEL-52293
CVEs
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
- https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.6_release_notes/index
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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