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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-28 (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 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