Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131271
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0112)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'halibut, putty' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0112 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'halibut, putty' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0112 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Updated putty package fixes security vulnerability: Many versions of PSCP in PuTTY prior to 0.67 have a stack corruption vulnerability in their treatment of the 'sink' direction (i.e. downloading from server to client) of the old-style SCP protocol. In order for this vulnerability to be exploited, the user must connect to a malicious server and attempt to download any file (CVE-2016-2563). The putty package has been updated to version 0.67 to fix this issue and a few other bugs. The halibut package has been updated to version 1.1 to build the documentation. Affected Software/OS: 'halibut, putty' package(s) on Mageia 5. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-2563 BugTraq ID: 84296 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84296 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/22 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-01 https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-2563 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035257 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1453 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00131.html
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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