Debian: DSA-3409-1: putty security update

A memory-corrupting integer overflow in the handling of the ECH (erase characters) control sequence was discovered in PuTTY's terminal emulator. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to mount a denial of service or potentially to execute arbitrary code.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3409-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
December 01, 2015                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : putty
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-5309

A memory-corrupting integer overflow in the handling of the ECH (erase
characters) control sequence was discovered in PuTTY's terminal
emulator. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to mount a
denial of service or potentially to execute arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.62-9+deb7u3.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.63-10+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.66-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.66-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your putty packages.

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these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
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