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Gentoo GLSA-201308-01 Normal: Putty Security Threats and Fixes

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Calendar Grey August 21, 2013
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To address vulnerabilities in PuTTY on Gentoo as per GLSA 201308-01, promptly update your software to the latest version to enhance system security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Putty, allowing attackers to compromise user system

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PuTTY. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo arbitrary code normal severity ssh client putty

Resolution

All PuTTY users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/putty-0.63"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-4607 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cvm?cvename=CVE-2011-4607 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-4852 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4852

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201308-01
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: PuTTY: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 21, 2013
Bugs: #394429, #479872
ID: 201308-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo arbitrary code normal severity ssh client putty

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Putty, allowing attackersto compromise user system

Background

PuTTY is a telnet and SSH client.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/putty < 0.63 >= 0.63

Impact

===== An attacker could entice a user to open connection to specially crafted SSH server, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.