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diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS index 4e3b2ee..79738c6 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,19 @@ +openssh (1:9.7p1-6) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + Debian's PAM configuration for OpenSSH no longer reads the + ~/.pam_environment file. The implementation of this in pam_env has a + history of security problems and has been deprecated by the upstream + Linux-PAM maintainers due to the possibility that "user supplied + environment variables in the PAM environment could affect behavior of + subsequent modules in the stack without the consent of the system + administrator". + + Instead, environment variables need to be set somewhere that will be + handled by the session process; for most users, this will be shell + initialization files such as ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc. + + -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> Thu, 23 May 2024 19:17:29 +0100 + openssh (1:9.5p1-1) experimental; urgency=medium OpenSSH 9.5p1 includes a number of changes that may affect existing |