upgrade openSSH 7.2p in ubuntu 14.04

Question

I have a server running Ubuntu 14.04, but I have an issue with PCI requirements. I have installed in my server OpenSSH 6.6p1, then I upgraded it to OpenSSH 7.2p, compiling the c

Answer 1

I needed to install the newest OpenSSH as well but I wanted to install it via a package instead of compiling from source.

sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety main universe multiverse'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openssh-server=1:7.3p1-1

It worked for me. (Technically only main and universe were necessary here)

$ ssh -V
OpenSSH_7.3p1 Ubuntu-1, OpenSSL 1.0.2g  1 Mar 2016

Edit (2017-10-04): This answer has been receiving some attention lately and might be out of date now. Remember only main and universe were necessary from this, and I specifically wanted to install this as a package instead of compiling from source. Please be careful with typing random commands from the internet, no matter how well-meaning the stranger (in this case me) is!