Alpine: multiple putty packages: security update to 0.71-r0

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 406594

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- A remotely triggerable memory overwrite in RSA key exchange in PuTTY before 0.71 can occur before host key
verification. (CVE-2019-9894)

- In PuTTY versions before 0.71 on Unix, a remotely triggerable buffer overflow exists in any kind of
server-to-client forwarding. (CVE-2019-9895)

- Multiple denial-of-service attacks that can be triggered by writing to the terminal exist in PuTTY
versions before 0.71. (CVE-2019-9897)

- Potential recycling of random numbers used in cryptography exists within PuTTY before 0.71.
(CVE-2019-9898)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 406594

Version: Revision 1.37

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9898

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9894, CVE-2019-9895, CVE-2019-9897, CVE-2019-9898

BID: 107523

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