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   =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= to Simon Clubley   
   Re: OpenSSH Version 9.9-2 for VSI OpenVM   
   14 Oct 25 15:13:24   
   
   From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 9/9/2025 8:21 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   9.9-2A with a fix was released over the weekend.   
      
   Arne   
      
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