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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-28 (Putty)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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 200502-28.

Insight

Insight

PuTTY was found to contain vulnerabilities that can allow a malicious SFTP server to execute arbitrary code on unsuspecting PSCP and PSFTP clients.

Solution

Solution

All PuTTY users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/putty-0.57' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200502-28 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82753 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-readdir.html http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-string.html http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=201&type=vulnerabilities

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