GLSA-201606-01 : PuTTY: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91478

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201606-01 (PuTTY: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

Stack-based buffer overflow in the SCP command-line utility allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition via a crafted SCP-SINK file-size response to an SCP download request.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PuTTY users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/putty-0.67'

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91478

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201606-01.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 6/6/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:putty, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5309, CVE-2016-2563

GLSA: 201606-01

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