MGASA-2017-0093

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    MGASA-2017-0093

    Published: 27 Mar 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6542

    Summary: Updated putty packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: In PuTTY before 0.68, if SSH agent forwarding is enabled, local attackers that are also able to connect to the UNIX domain socket could have overwritten heap data (CVE-2017-6542).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0093.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20525, http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-agent-fwd-overflow.html, http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: putty

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/putty?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.68-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High