Experimental roaming code in the ssh client could be tricked by a hostile sshd server, potentially leaking key material. CVE-2016-0777 and CVE-0216-0778. Prevent this problem immediately by adding the line "UseRoaming no" to /etc/ssh/ssh_config. --- a/readconf.c 30 Jul 2015 00:01:34 -0000 1.239 +++ b/readconf.c 13 Jan 2016 23:17:23 -0000 @@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ initialize_options(Options * options) options->tun_remote = -1; options->local_command = NULL; options->permit_local_command = -1; - options->use_roaming = -1; + options->use_roaming = 0; options->visual_host_key = -1; options->ip_qos_interactive = -1; options->ip_qos_bulk = -1; @@ -1819,8 +1819,7 @@ fill_default_options(Options * options) options->tun_remote = SSH_TUNID_ANY; if (options->permit_local_command == -1) options->permit_local_command = 0; - if (options->use_roaming == -1) - options->use_roaming = 1; + options->use_roaming = 0; if (options->visual_host_key == -1) options->visual_host_key = 0; if (options->ip_qos_interactive == -1) --- a/ssh.c 30 Jul 2015 00:01:34 -0000 1.420 +++ b/ssh.c 13 Jan 2016 23:17:23 -0000 @@ -1882,9 +1882,6 @@ ssh_session2(void) fork_postauth(); } - if (options.use_roaming) - request_roaming(); - return client_loop(tty_flag, tty_flag ? options.escape_char : SSH_ESCAPECHAR_NONE, id); }