[Bug 1863447] Re: openssh outdated by 8.2

[Christian Ehrhardt ]

Hi Hadmut,
we had the same discussion over the weekend if 8.2 would be good to have in 20.04.

I subscribed cjwatson who usually does openssh updates to comment on his
intentions in this regard.

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Title:
  openssh outdated by 8.2

Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  yeah, it's not yet a bug, but it will become a (security) bug within
  lifetime of 20.04 if not 'fixed'.

  Currently openssh for Ubuntu 20.04 is still on 8.1p1, while upstream
  the version 8.2 has just been released:

  https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-
  announce/2020-February/000138.html

  It comes with important security updates, e.g. not accepting SHA-1 for
  key generation/signature anymore, and using FIDO2/U2F-tokens as a
  second factor. Especially the latter significantly improves security
  and helps against stealing keys and hijacking machines.

  It would be important (and nice) to have these improvements of
  security in Ubuntu 20.04.

  
  It might not yet be seen as a security vulnerability, but it will probably become one soon. 

  Thanks

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