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Putty

Posted: 18 Apr 2024, 07:29
by sugar
update:18.12.2023

These features are new in 0.80 (Released 2023-12-18):


•Security fix: support for OpenSSH's new kex-strict protocol modification, addressing a vulnerability in some @openssh.com cipher and MAC modes, in particular ChaCha20+Poly1305.

•Bug fix: the MSI-installed version of putty.exe can now find its help file again.

•Bug fix: a server sending non-displaying terminal escape sequences such as ESC[0m now no longer resets the scrollback to the bottom of the window....
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgt ... /0.80.html

Re: Putty

Posted: 18 Apr 2024, 07:30
by sugar
Security fix for CVE-2024-31497: NIST P521 / ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 signatures are no longer generated with biased values of k. The previous bias compromises private keys.

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgt ... /0.81.html