Debian: DSA-3190-1: putty security update
Debian: DSA-3190-1: putty security update
Patrick Coleman discovered that the Putty SSH client failed to wipe out unused sensitive memory. In addition Florent Daigniere discovered that exponential values in
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3190-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff March 15, 2015 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : putty CVE ID : CVE-2015-2157 Patrick Coleman discovered that the Putty SSH client failed to wipe out unused sensitive memory. In addition Florent Daigniere discovered that exponential values in Diffie Hellman exchanges were insufficienty restricted. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.62-9+deb7u2. For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.63-10. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.63-10. We recommend that you upgrade your putty packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.