USN-6560-3: OpenSSH vulnerability - Cyber Security News

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USN-6560-2 fixed a vulnerability in OpenSSH. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled user names or host
names with shell metacharacters. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to perform OS command injection.

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