[nsp-sec] Cisco IOS XR SSHd crash - specific to IOS?

Kevin Oberman oberman at es.net
Fri Jan 22 12:38:34 EST 2010


> From: jose nazario <jose at arbor.net>
> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:20:35 -0500
> Sender: nsp-security-bounces at puck.nether.net
> 
> is this a problem in other SSH2 users that we should all be aware of?
> 
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ 
> products_security_advisory09186a0080b13512.shtml
> 
> i ask because ISTR that IOS' SSH daemon code is obtained from  
> OpenSSH, and i want to know if other products that derive from  
> OpenSSH could be affected.
> 
> thanks.
> 

Unless Cisco has changed their ssh daemon, it's F-Secure based. There
were press releases about the agreement with them when Cisco first
started doing ssh. Note: This was the initial ssh implementation, so
they might have changed to a different SSH when ssh2 support was added.
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