Improper Input Validation Affecting putty package, versions <0.70-6
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- published21 Mar 2019
- disclosed21 Mar 2019
Introduced: 21 Mar 2019
CVE-2019-9897 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable putty to version 0.70-6 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream putty package and not the putty package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
Multiple denial-of-service attacks that can be triggered by writing to the terminal exist in PuTTY versions before 0.71.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9897
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/6
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9897
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4423
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00023.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36LWQ3NPFIV7DC7TC4KFPRYRH2OR7SZ2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LDO3F267P347E6U2IILFCYW7JPTLCCES/
- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-9897
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36LWQ3NPFIV7DC7TC4KFPRYRH2OR7SZ2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LDO3F267P347E6U2IILFCYW7JPTLCCES/