4 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/servconf.c b/servconf.c
index 3fff3d531..0a8f6fd62 100644
--- a/servconf.c
+++ b/servconf.c
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ initialize_server_options(ServerOptions *options)
         options->fingerprint_hash = -1;
         options->disable_forwarding = -1;
         options->expose_userauth_info = -1;
+        options->debian_banner = -1;
 }
 
 /* Returns 1 if a string option is unset or set to "none" or 0 otherwise. */
@@ -393,6 +394,8 @@ fill_default_server_options(ServerOptions *options)
                 options->disable_forwarding = 0;
         if (options->expose_userauth_info == -1)
                 options->expose_userauth_info = 0;
+        if (options->debian_banner == -1)
+                options->debian_banner = 1;
 
         assemble_algorithms(options);
 
@@ -480,6 +483,7 @@ typedef enum {
         sStreamLocalBindMask, sStreamLocalBindUnlink,
         sAllowStreamLocalForwarding, sFingerprintHash, sDisableForwarding,
         sExposeAuthInfo, sRDomain,
+        sDebianBanner,
         sDeprecated, sIgnore, sUnsupported
 } ServerOpCodes;
 
@@ -634,6 +638,7 @@ static struct {
         { "disableforwarding", sDisableForwarding, SSHCFG_ALL },
         { "exposeauthinfo", sExposeAuthInfo, SSHCFG_ALL },
         { "rdomain", sRDomain, SSHCFG_ALL },
+        { "debianbanner", sDebianBanner, SSHCFG_GLOBAL },
         { NULL, sBadOption, 0 }
 };
 
@@ -2056,6 +2061,10 @@ process_server_config_line(ServerOptions *options, char *line,
                         *charptr = xstrdup(arg);
                 break;
 
+        case sDebianBanner:
+                intptr = &options->debian_banner;
+                goto parse_flag;
+
         case sDeprecated:
         case sIgnore:
         case sUnsupported:
diff --git a/servconf.h b/servconf.h
index 5dfc9bc02..b0fa70455 100644
--- a/servconf.h
+++ b/servconf.h
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
         int     fingerprint_hash;
         int     expose_userauth_info;
+
+        int     debian_banner;
 }       ServerOptions;
 
 /* Information about the incoming connection as used by Match */
diff --git a/sshd.c b/sshd.c
index 9a7f5495c..1d645a170 100644
--- a/sshd.c
+++ b/sshd.c
@@ -384,7 +384,8 @@ sshd_exchange_identification(struct ssh *ssh, int sock_in, int sock_out)
         char remote_version[256];       /* Must be at least as big as buf. */
 
         xasprintf(&server_version_string, "SSH-%d.%d-%.100s%s%s\r\n",
-            PROTOCOL_MAJOR_2, PROTOCOL_MINOR_2, SSH_RELEASE,
+            PROTOCOL_MAJOR_2, PROTOCOL_MINOR_2,
+            options.debian_banner ? SSH_RELEASE : SSH_RELEASE_MINIMUM,
             *options.version_addendum == '\0' ? "" : " ",
             options.version_addendum);
 
diff --git a/sshd_config.5 b/sshd_config.5
index 1a1c6dd09..45044a70f 100644
--- a/sshd_config.5
+++ b/sshd_config.5
@@ -531,6 +531,11 @@ or
 .Cm no .
 The default is
 .Cm yes .
+.It Cm DebianBanner
+Specifies whether the distribution-specified extra version suffix is
+included during initial protocol handshake.
+The default is
+.Cm yes .
 .It Cm DenyGroups
 This keyword can be followed by a list of group name patterns, separated
 by spaces.