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openSUSE Security Update : putty (openSUSE-2016-667)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91412

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update to putty 0.67 fixes the following vulnerability :

 - CVE-2016-2563: old-style scp downloads may allow remote code execution (boo#981407)

Solution

Update the affected putty packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=981407

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91412

File Name: openSUSE-2016-667.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:putty, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:putty-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:putty-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2563