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).
References
Link | Resource |
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https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
https://www.fzi.de/en/news/news/detail-en/artikel/fsa-2020-2-ausnutzung-eines-informationslecks-fuer-gezielte-mitm-angriffe-auf-ssh-clients/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JPV4A77EDCT4BTFO5BE26ZH72BG4E5IJ/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/26TACCSQYYCPWAJYNAUIXJGZ5RGORJZV/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200717-0003/ | Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2020-06-29 11:15
Updated : 2022-05-03 06:59
NVD link : CVE-2020-14002
Mitre link : CVE-2020-14002
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-203
Observable Discrepancy
Products Affected
netapp
- oncommand_unified_manager_core_package
fedoraproject
- fedora
putty
- putty