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Debian DLA-1763-1 : putty security update
critical Nessus Plugin ID 124283
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the PuTTY SSH client, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code. In addition, in some situations random numbers could potentially be re-used.For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 0.63-10+deb8u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your putty packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00023.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 124283
File Name: debian_DLA-1763.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 4/25/2019
Updated: 5/31/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9898
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:putty-tools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:putty, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pterm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:putty-doc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2019