medium5.9
CVE-2020-14002
PuTTY 0.68 through 0.73 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation.
Impact
PuTTY 0.68 through 0.73 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Putty | Putty | from 0.68 through 0.73 |
| Netapp | Oncommand Unified Manager Core Package | All versions |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 31, 32 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/26TACCSQYYCPWAJYNAUIXJGZ5RGORJZV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JPV4A77EDCT4BTFO5BE26ZH72BG4E5IJ/
- https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200717-0003/
- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
- https://www.fzi.de/en/news/news/detail-en/artikel/fsa-2020-2-ausnutzung-eines-informationslecks-fuer-gezielte-mitm-angriffe-auf-ssh-clients/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/26TACCSQYYCPWAJYNAUIXJGZ5RGORJZV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JPV4A77EDCT4BTFO5BE26ZH72BG4E5IJ/
- https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200717-0003/
- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
- https://www.fzi.de/en/news/news/detail-en/artikel/fsa-2020-2-ausnutzung-eines-informationslecks-fuer-gezielte-mitm-angriffe-auf-ssh-clients/