Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200408-04.
Solution
All PuTTY users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=net-misc/putty-0.55'
# emerge '>=net-misc/putty-0.55'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200408-04 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59383
http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=417&idxseccion=10 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
Insight
PuTTY contains a vulnerability allowing a SSH server to execute arbitrary code on the connecting client.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-1440 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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