OpenSSL vulnerability

[Richard Doyle]

There is a potentially serious vulnerability in OpenSSL which affects
Edubuntu and other Debian-based distributions:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-1
                                                                                                                                                      
Fixes are described in http://wiki.debian.org/SSLkeys . Since SSH is a
vital part of Edubuntu, and is affected by the vulnerability, every
affected system should be fixed ASAP. As I understand it, the fix for
version version 7.04 is to run the following commands:

sudo rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*
sudo dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server
sudo ltsp-update-sshkeys

This sounds like a serious vulnerability, particularly if you allow ssh
access into the thin-client network from outside. Corrections are
welcome!

There are related vulnerabilities that may affect some Edubuntu users
(OpenVPN is vulnerable).