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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2015.0098
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0098)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'filezilla, putty' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0098 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'filezilla, putty' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0098 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated putty and filezilla packages fix security vulnerability:

PuTTY suite versions 0.51 to 0.63 fail to clear SSH-2 private key
information from memory when loading and saving key files to disk,
leading to potential disclosure. The issue affects keys stored on disk
in encrypted and unencrypted form, and is present in PuTTY, Plink,
PSCP, PSFTP, Pageant and PuTTYgen (CVE-2015-2157).

The putty package has been updated to version 0.64, fixing this and other
issues. The filezilla package, which contains a bundled version of PuTTY,
has also been updated, to version 3.10.2.

Affected Software/OS:
'filezilla, putty' package(s) on Mageia 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
2.1

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2157
BugTraq ID: 72825
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72825
Debian Security Information: DSA-3190 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3190
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151790.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151933.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151839.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/28/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/28/5
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0474 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00032.html
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