openSUSE Security Update: Security update for putty
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2024:0111-1
Rating:             important
References:         
Cross-References:   CVE-2024-31497
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5
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   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

openSUSE: 2024:0111-1 important: putty Advisory Security Update

April 19, 2024
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

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


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2024:0111-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 .

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