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Mageia 7 MGASA-2020-0003: Critical Update for Putty Security Issues

Updated putty package fixes security vulnerabilities: Two separate vulnerabilities affecting the obsolete SSH-1 protocol, both available before host key checking. . MGASA-2020-0003 - Updated putty packages fix security vulnerabilities Publication date: 05 Jan 2020 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0003.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7 CVE: CVE-2019-17068, CVE-2019-17069 Updated putty package fixes security vulnerabilities: Two separate vulnerabilities affecting the obsolete SSH-1 protocol, both available before host key checking. Vulnerability in all the SSH client tools (PuTTY, Plink, PSFTP, and PSCP) if a malicious program can impersonate Pageant. Crash in GSSAPI / Kerberos key exchange triggered if the server provided an ordinary SSH host key as part of the exchange. Insufficient handling of terminal escape sequences, that should delimit the pasted data in bracketed paste mode (CVE-2019-17068). Possible information leak caused by SSH-1 disconnection messages (CVE-2019-17069). The putty package has been updated to version 0.73, fixing theese issues and other bugs. References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25760 - https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html - - - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17068 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17069 SRPMS: - 7/core/putty-0.73-1.mga7 . Mageia 2020-0004: Enhanced vlc package resolves significant issues within streaming protocols and patches severe security risks.. Mageia Security Advisory, Putty Update, SSH Vulnerabilities, Security Fixes. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 05, 2020 •Critical Mageia