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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-15:22.openssh
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From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
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On 8/27/2015 3:24 AM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> writes:
>> I know RELENG_8 is no longer supported, but does this issue impact
>> FreeBSD 8.x ?
> 
> Note that of the three issues mentioned here, one is not exploitable by
> an attacker and the other two presuppose a compromised pre-auth child.

For the latter two, I am trying to understand in the context of a shared
hosting system. Could one user with sftp access to their own directory
use these bugs to gain access to another user's account ?

	---Mike

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