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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703190
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3190-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'putty' package(s) announced via the DSA-3190-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'putty' package(s) announced via the DSA-3190-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Patrick Coleman discovered that the Putty SSH client failed to wipe out unused sensitive memory.

In addition Florent Daigniere discovered that exponential values in Diffie Hellman exchanges were insufficienty restricted.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.62-9+deb7u2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.63-10.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.63-10.

We recommend that you upgrade your putty packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'putty' package(s) on Debian 7.

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
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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