FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0589

[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: denyhosts-2.6-5.fc7
Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2007-0589 2007-06-20 13:05:40.262318

Name       : denyhosts Product    : Fedora 7 Version    : 2.6 Release    : 5.fc7 Summary    : A script to help thwart ssh server attacks Description : DenyHosts is a Python script that analyzes the sshd server log messages to determine which hosts are attempting to hack into your system. It also determines what user accounts are being targeted. It keeps track of the frequency of attempts from each host and, upon discovering a repeated attack host, updates the /etc/hosts.deny file to prevent future break-in attempts from that host. Email reports can be sent to a system admin.

Update Information:

Low-impact fix resolving a DOS issue.

ChangeLog:

- Apply yet another regex.py fix from Jonathan Underwood to fix bug 244943.
 * Tue Jun 19 2007 Jason L Tibbitts III  - 2.6-5

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #244943 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=244943

Updated packages:

a46665f16a6d7a7679d940af8c05c82c2fbb1e9e denyhosts-2.6-5.fc7.noarch.rpm 01bc20cd944b91ec88404c2e14737ec34f53dcc3 denyhosts-2.6-5.fc7.src.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.