openSUSE Security Update: Security update for putty ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:1453-1 Rating: moderate References: #981407 Cross-References: CVE-2016-2563 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1 openSUSE 13.2 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
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)
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-667=1
- openSUSE 13.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-667=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):
putty-0.67-9.1 putty-debuginfo-0.67-9.1 putty-debugsource-0.67-9.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):
putty-0.67-4.10.1 putty-debuginfo-0.67-4.10.1 putty-debugsource-0.67-4.10.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2563.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/981407