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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-29 (putty)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200410-29.

Insight

Insight

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

Solution

Solution

All PuTTY users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/putty-0.56' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200410-29 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69123 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=155 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html

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