openSUSE Security Update: Security update for putty ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2024:0005-1 Rating: important References: #1218128 Cross-References: CVE-2023-48795 CVSS scores: CVE-2023-48795 (NVD) : 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVE-2023-48795 (SUSE): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update for putty fixes the following issues: putty was updated to to release 0.80: * Fix CVE-2023-48795 [boo#1218128] - Update to release 0.79 * Terminal mouse tracking: support for mouse movements which are not drags, and support for horizontal scroll events (e.g. generated by trackpads). * Fixed: PuTTY could fail an assertion if a resize control sequence was sent by the server while the window was docked to one half of the screen in KDE. * Fixed: PuTTY could fail an assertion if you tried to change the font size while the window was maximised. - Update to release 0.78 * Support for OpenSSH certificates, for both user authentication keys and host keys. * New SSH proxy modes, for running a custom shell command or subsystem on the proxy server instead of forwarding a port through it. * New plugin system to allow a helper program to provide responses in keyboard-interactive authentication, intended to automate one-time password systems. * Support for NTRU Prime post-quantum key exchange, * Support for AES-GCM (in the OpenSSH style rather than RFC 5647). * Support for more forms of Diffie-Hellman key exchange: new larger integer groups (such as group16 and group18), and support for using those and ECDH with GSSAPI. * Bug fix: server-controlled window title setting now works again even if the character set is ISO 8859 (or a few other Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2024-5=1 Package List: - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64): putty-0.80-bp154.2.3.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-48795.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218128