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Gentoo: GLSA-200408-04 Normal: PuTTY Arbitrary Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey August 5, 2004
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Critical hazard found in PuTTY SSH opens door for code execution. Users are urged to upgrade without delay.
PuTTY contains a vulnerability allowing a SSH server to execute arbitrary code on the connecting client.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200408-04
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: PuTTY: Pre-authentication arbitrary code execution
      Date: August 05, 2004
      Bugs: #59383
        ID: 200408-04


Synopsis
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PuTTY contains a vulnerability allowing a SSH server to execute
arbitrary code on the connecting client.

Background
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PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix
platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator.

Affected packages
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     Package         /   Vulnerable   /                     Unaffected
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  1  net-misc/putty        <= 0.54                             >= 0.55

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PuTTY contains a vulnerability allowing a malicious serv...
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