openSUSE Security Update: Security update for putty ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:0741-1 Rating: moderate References: #1029256 Cross-References: CVE-2017-6542 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 openSUSE Leap 42.1 ______________________________________________________________________________

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update to putty 0.68 fixes the following security issue:

- CVE-2017-6542: If SSH agent forwarding is enabled, local attackers that are also able to connect to the UNIX domain socket could have overwritten heap data (boo#1029256)

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-354=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-354=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

putty-0.68-12.1 putty-debuginfo-0.68-12.1 putty-debugsource-0.68-12.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

putty-0.68-12.1 putty-debuginfo-0.68-12.1 putty-debugsource-0.68-12.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6542.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1029256