PuTTY 0.84 has been released, a client for the SSH, Telnet, Rlogin and SUPDUP protocols, supplied with a built-in terminal emulator and supporting work on Unix-like systems and WindowsThe project's source code is available under the MIT license.
In the new version:
- Added an option to run user-specified commands before establishing a network connection, which can be useful for establishing connections to servers that open ports to SSH only after first requesting another port (port knocking).
- For Unix systems, a mode has been implemented for displaying individual keystrokes in the terminal during the process of typing complex Unicode characters generated after pressing several keys.
- Improved support for Wayland-based environments. The correct font is now selected when the 'fixed' X11 font is missing. A pterm crash when attempting to change utmp has been fixed.
- Two minor vulnerabilities (CVE not assigned) have been fixed. The first vulnerability causes a crash when connecting to a malicious SSH server due to a double-free call. The second vulnerability causes a trust sigil to be set for all unsecured traffic, such as Telnet, when connecting through a proxy server that requires a password.
Source: opennet.ru
