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FreeBSD Ports: putty
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: putty An integer signedness error in the ssh2_rdpkt function in PuTTY allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SSH2_MSG_DEBUG packet with a modified stringlen parameter, which leads to a buffer overflow.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-29.xml http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-ssh2-debug.html http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109890310929207 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/19518d22-2d05-11d9-8943-0050fc56d258.html