- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201308-01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: PuTTY: Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: August 21, 2013 Bugs: #394429, #479872 ID: 201308-01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Putty, allowing attackers to compromise user system Background ========== PuTTY is a telnet and SSH client. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/putty < 0.63 >= 0.63 Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PuTTY. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact ====== An attacker could entice a user to open connection to specially crafted SSH server, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or obtain sensitive information. 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-0.63" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2011-4607 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cvm?cvename=CVE-2011-4607 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-4852 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4852 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-01.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. License ======= Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5