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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months ago

Widely-Used PuTTY SSH Client Found Vulnerable to Key Recovery Attack

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Widely-Used PuTTY SSH Client Found Vulnerable to Key Recovery Attack

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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months ago

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A critical vulnerability in PuTTY, affecting versions 0.68 through 0.80, compromises the security of NIST P-521 private keys.

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Does anyone know if the new versions of putty (or applications using putty likeTortoiseGIT) will warn users about this?

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