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