Bug 458174 – ssh-client fails with "xmalloc: zero size"

Bug 458174 - ssh-client fails with "xmalloc: zero size"

Summary:	ssh-client fails with "xmalloc: zero size"

Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	openssh (Show other bugs)
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Version:	9
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Tomas Mraz
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Reported:	2008-08-06 16:56 EDT by Stefan Neufeind
Modified:	2008-08-06 18:09 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2008-08-06 17:36:17 EDT
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Description Stefan Neufeind 2008-08-06 16:56:27 EDT

on certain ssh-servers the ssh-client fails with "xmalloc: zero size" and exits immediately before asking for a password or so.

What I found was:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/openssh/bugs/44110
"ssh fails with xmalloc: zero size when connecting to a server with
present but empty banner."
where there is also a patch mentioned for OpenSSH 5.1b1.

And somebody mentioned workarounds, which I didn't yet try:
http://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/FixingSolarisSsh

Comment 1 Tomas Mraz 2008-08-06 17:36:17 EDT

This is already fixed in the testing update and 5.1p1 is not in released updates yet.

Comment 2 Stefan Neufeind 2008-08-06 18:09:57 EDT

Pending update from testing fixes it. Tried, looks good.

Other bug-ID I found for this: #457326

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