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   Message 263,295 of 264,096   
   Simon Clubley to Craig A. Berry   
   Re: OpenSSH Version 9.9-2 for VSI OpenVM   
   09 Sep 25 12:21:59   
   
   From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2025-09-08, Craig A. Berry  wrote:   
   > On 9/8/25 12:47 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   >> On 2025-09-08, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >>> For those that have not read the release notes - you should,   
   >>> because:   
   >>>   
   >>>    
   >>> OpenSSH Version 9.9-2 for VSI OpenVMS Release Notes and Installation Guide   
   >>> 2.3. Known Problems and Restrictions   
   >>> ...   
   >>> ? Using the SET TERMINAL/WIDTH=value command to resize your PuTTY   
   >>> terminal window   
   >>> (even as part of your LOGIN.COM) will cause the session to terminate.   
   >>>    
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> JFC, how the hell is it considered acceptable to ship something which   
   >> has a bug like _that_ in it ? :-( That should be a P1 blocker if discovered   
   >> before release and should have resulted in the kit been pulled if   
   >> discovered after release.   
   >   
   > One of the fixes mentions a CVE related to X11 forwarding, so they may   
   > have felt they had to get it out there sooner rather than later even if   
   > it had known problems.   
   >   
      
   Maybe. Let's just hope this crash is a benign crash.   
      
   Simon.   
      
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