MGASA-2017-0093

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0093.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0093.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0093
Related
Published
2017-03-27T21:27:33Z
Modified
2026-02-04T02:40:40.506171Z
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
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / putty

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.68-1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0093.json"