openSUSE Security Update: Security update for putty ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2024:0111-1 Rating: important References: Cross-References: CVE-2024-31497 Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update for putty fixes the following issues: Update to release 0.81 * Fix CVE-2024-31497: NIST P521 / ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 signatures are no longer generated with biased values of k. The previous bias compromises private keys. 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-SP5: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2024-111=1 Package List: - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64): putty-0.81-bp155.2.6.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31497.html