Debian Linux Security Advisory 3409-1 - A memory-corrupting integer overflow in the handling of the ECH (erase characters) control sequence was discovered in PuTTY's terminal emulator. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to mount a denial of service or potentially to execute arbitrary code.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3409-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
December 01, 2015 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : putty
CVE ID : CVE-2015-5309
A memory-corrupting integer overflow in the handling of the ECH (erase
characters) control sequence was discovered in PuTTY's terminal
emulator. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to mount a
denial of service or potentially to execute arbitrary code.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.62-9+deb7u3.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.63-10+deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.66-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.66-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your putty packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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