[Babase] Flaw in Putty SSH implimentation

Susan Alberts babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Mon, 1 Nov 2004 09:45:01 +0300


Hi -- can someone enlighten me about why we got an email on the admin 
list about this? It says "Reason: message has implicit destination". 
I think I don't need to do anything about this but thought I had 
better check.

Susan

>Hi Ya'll,
>
>If you're running Putty for ssh on MS Windows it's time to upgrade.
>
>http://www.net-security.org/vuln.php?id=3796
>
>You have to connect to a malicious server to be vulnerable but
>there's no point in waiting until you're fooled.
>
>Putty home page:
>http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
>
>Regards,
>
>Karl <kop@meme.com>
>Free Software:  "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
>                  -- Robert A. Heinlein
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