#646596 /usr/sbin/sshd: ssh connection is broken with "Disconnecting: Bad packet length 3369506166" message

Package:
openssh-server
Source:
openssh
Description:
secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines
Submitter:
Mikulas Patocka
Date:
2011-10-25 14:18:09 UTC
Severity:
normal
#646596#5
Date:
2011-10-25 14:16:00 UTC
From:
To:
Ssh connection is broken with "Disconnecting: Bad packet length 3369506166"

The client is non-Debian system using "OpenSSH_4.5p1, OpenSSL 1.0.0a" the
server is Debian Squeeze system.

The connection between this client and Debian Lenny server worked for years.
After upgrading the server to Squeeze, the connection was broken.

The bug is not reproducible.