# CVE-2019-9898: Potential recycling of random numbers used in cryptography exists within PuTTY before 0.71.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-21 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Potential recycling of random numbers used in cryptography exists within PuTTY before 0.71.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107523
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LDO3F267P347E6U2IILFCYW7JPTLCCES/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36LWQ3NPFIV7DC7TC4KFPRYRH2OR7SZ2/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190329-0002/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190401-0002/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/6
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4423
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00023.html

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