openSUSE Update 2019:1123-1 for Putty Requires Attention for Security

This update for putty fixes the following issues:

Update to new upstream release 0.71 [boo#1129633]

* CVE-2019-9894: Fixed a remotely triggerable memory overwrite in RSA key

exchange, which can occur before host key verification potential

recycling of random numbers used in cryptography.

* CVE-2019-9895: Fixed a remotely triggerable buffer overflow in any kind

of server-to-client forwarding.

* CVE-2019-9897: Fixed multiple denial-of-service attacks that can be

triggered by writing to the terminal.

* CVE-2019-9898: Fixed potential recycling of random numbers used in

cryptography

* CVE-2019-9896 (Windows only): Fixed hijacking by a malicious help file

in the same directory as the executable

* Major rewrite of the crypto code to remove cache and timing side

channels.

This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.0:Update update project.