GLSA 202407-11: PuTTY: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	PuTTY: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	07/05/2024
Bugs:	#920304, #930082
ID:	202407-11

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PuTTY, the worst of which could lead to compromised keys.

Background

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/putty	< 0.81	>= 0.81	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PuTTY. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PuTTY users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/putty-0.81"

In addition, any keys generated with PuTTY versions 0.68 to 0.80 should be considered breached and should be regenerated.

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202407-11.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.