SB20240417134 - Fedora 38 update for putty

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SB20240417134 - Fedora 38 update for putty

Published: April 17, 2024 Updated: May 13, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB20240417134
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31497)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to recover NIST P-521 private keys.

The vulnerability exists due to the PuTTY client and all related components generate heavily biased ECDSA nonces in the case of NIST P-521. A remote attacker can recover the NIST P-521 private key using roughly 60 valid ECDSA signatures generated by any PuTTY component under the same key.

Note, if the key has been used to sign arbitrary data (e.g., git commits by forwarding Pageant to a development host), the publicly available signatures (e.g., on GitHub) can be used as well.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References