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<generator>
<oval:product_name>Oracle Errata System</oval:product_name>
<oval:product_version>Oracle Linux</oval:product_version>
<oval:schema_version>5.11</oval:schema_version>
<oval:timestamp>2025-12-19T00:22:42</oval:timestamp>
</generator>
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<definition id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:def:202523481" version="501" class="patch">
<metadata>
<title>
ELSA-2025-23481:  openssh security update (MODERATE)
</title>
<affected family="unix">
<platform>Oracle Linux 8</platform>

</affected>
<reference source="elsa" ref_id="ELSA-2025-23481" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-23481.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2025-61984" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2025-61984.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2025-61985" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2025-61985.html"/>

<description>
[8.0p1-27.0.1]
- Update upstream references [Orabug: 36587718]

[8.0p1-27]
- CVE-2025-61984: Reject usernames with control characters
  Resolves: RHEL-128400
- CVE-2025-61985: Reject URL-strings with NULL characters
  Resolves: RHEL-128390
</description>
<!--
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   advisory details   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
-->
<advisory>
<severity>MODERATE</severity>
<rights>Copyright 2025 Oracle, Inc.</rights>
<issued date="2025-12-18"/>
<cve cvss3="5.3/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L" href="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2025-61984.html" public="20251006">CVE-2025-61984</cve>
<cve cvss3="5.3/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L" href="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2025-61985.html" public="20251006">CVE-2025-61985</cve>

<affected_cpe_list>
<cpe>cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest</cpe>
<cpe>cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch</cpe>
<cpe>cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream</cpe>
</affected_cpe_list>
</advisory>
</metadata>
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<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481001" comment="Oracle Linux 8 is installed"/>
<criteria operator="OR">
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481002" comment="Oracle Linux arch is aarch64"/>
<criteria operator="OR">
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481003" comment="openssh is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481004" comment="openssh is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481005" comment="openssh-askpass is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481006" comment="openssh-askpass is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481007" comment="openssh-cavs is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481008" comment="openssh-cavs is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481009" comment="openssh-clients is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481010" comment="openssh-clients is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481011" comment="openssh-keycat is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481012" comment="openssh-keycat is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
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<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481013" comment="openssh-ldap is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481014" comment="openssh-ldap is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481015" comment="openssh-server is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481016" comment="openssh-server is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481017" comment="pam_ssh_agent_auth is earlier than 0:0.10.3-7.27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481018" comment="pam_ssh_agent_auth is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
</criteria>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481019" comment="Oracle Linux arch is x86_64"/>
<criteria operator="OR">
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481003" comment="openssh is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481004" comment="openssh is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481005" comment="openssh-askpass is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481006" comment="openssh-askpass is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481007" comment="openssh-cavs is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481008" comment="openssh-cavs is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481009" comment="openssh-clients is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481010" comment="openssh-clients is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481011" comment="openssh-keycat is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481012" comment="openssh-keycat is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481013" comment="openssh-ldap is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481014" comment="openssh-ldap is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481015" comment="openssh-server is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481016" comment="openssh-server is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481017" comment="pam_ssh_agent_auth is earlier than 0:0.10.3-7.27.0.1.el8_10"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481018" comment="pam_ssh_agent_auth is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key"/>
</criteria>
</criteria>
</criteria>
</criteria>
</criteria>

</definition>
</definitions>
<!--
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   rpminfo tests   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
-->
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<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481001" />
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<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481004" />
</rpminfo_test>
<rpminfo_test id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481006"  version="501" comment="openssh-askpass is signed with the Oracle Linux 8 key" check="at least one" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">
<object object_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481003" />
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<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481004" />
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<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481001" />
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<object object_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481005" />
<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481004" />
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<object object_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481005" />
<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481001" />
</rpminfo_test>
<rpminfo_test id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202523481011"  version="501" comment="openssh-keycat is earlier than 0:8.0p1-27.0.1.el8_10" check="at least one" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">
<object object_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481006" />
<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481004" />
</rpminfo_test>
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<object object_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481006" />
<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481001" />
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<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481004" />
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<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481001" />
</rpminfo_test>
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<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481004" />
</rpminfo_test>
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<object object_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481008" />
<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481001" />
</rpminfo_test>
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<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481001" />
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<object object_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481001" />
<state state_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481006" />
</rpminfo_test>

</tests>
<!--
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   rpminfo objects   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
-->
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<name>openssh-cavs</name>
</rpminfo_object>
<rpminfo_object xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux" id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481001" version="501">
<name>oraclelinux-release</name>
</rpminfo_object>
<rpminfo_object xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux" id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481008" version="501">
<name>openssh-server</name>
</rpminfo_object>
<rpminfo_object xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux" id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481002" version="501">
<name>openssh</name>
</rpminfo_object>
<rpminfo_object xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux" id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481009" version="501">
<name>pam_ssh_agent_auth</name>
</rpminfo_object>
<rpminfo_object xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux" id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481005" version="501">
<name>openssh-clients</name>
</rpminfo_object>
<rpminfo_object xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux" id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:obj:202523481003" version="501">
<name>openssh-askpass</name>
</rpminfo_object>
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<name>openssh-ldap</name>
</rpminfo_object>
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<name>openssh-keycat</name>
</rpminfo_object>

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<states>
<!--
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   rpminfo states   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
-->
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<version operation="pattern match">^8</version>
</rpminfo_state>
<rpminfo_state xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux" id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481003" version="501">
<arch operation="pattern match">aarch64</arch>
</rpminfo_state>
<rpminfo_state xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux" id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481004" version="501">
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</rpminfo_state>
<rpminfo_state xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux" id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481005" version="501">
<evr datatype="evr_string" operation="less than">0:0.10.3-7.27.0.1.el8_10</evr>
</rpminfo_state>
<rpminfo_state xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux" id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:ste:202523481006" version="501">
<arch operation="pattern match">x86_64</arch>
</rpminfo_state>

</states>
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