openssh: Whitelist CVE-2016-20012

Whitelist CVE-2016-20012 as the upstream OpenSSH developers
see this as an important security feature and do not intend to
'fix' it.
Link: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20012
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-20012

Signed-off-by: Sana Kazi <Sana.Kazi@kpit.com>
Signed-off-by: Sana Kazi <sanakazisk19@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>

diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_8.2p1.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_8.2p1.bb
index e903ec487d5ebac7b8078b57b05870e1287bb5f5..ddc9ed0b323777c542f32f50b4ca7b3a5a2015a3 100644 (file)
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_8.2p1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_8.2p1.bb
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2020-15778"
 # https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794
 CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2008-3844"
 
+# openssh-ssh1 is provided for compatibility with old devices that
+# cannot be upgraded to modern protocols. Thus they may not provide security
+# support for this package because doing so would prevent access to equipment.
+# The upstream OpenSSH developers see this as an important
+# security feature and do not intend to 'fix' it.
+# https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20012
+# https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-20012
+CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2016-20012"
+
 PAM_SRC_URI = "file://sshd"
 
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