PuTTY 0.84 has been released, a client for SSH, Telnet, Rlogin, and SUPDUP protocols, featuring a built-in terminal emulator and support for Unix-like systems and Windows. The source texts of the project are available under the MIT License.
In the new version:
- An option has been added to run user-specified commands before establishing a network connection, which can be useful for connecting to servers that only open ports for SSH after a preliminary request to another port (port knocking).
- For Unix systems, a mode has been implemented that displays keystrokes in the terminal while typing complex Unicode symbols generated after pressing multiple keys.
- Improved support for running in Wayland-based environments. Correct font selection is ensured in the absence of the X11 font 'fixed'. Resolved the crash of pterm when attempting to change utmp.
- Two minor vulnerabilities have been fixed (CVE not assigned). The first vulnerability leads to a crash when connecting to a malicious SSH server due to a double-free memory function call.server The second vulnerability causes the trust sigil indicator to be set for all unencrypted traffic, for example, Telnet, when connecting through a proxy, requiring password input.serverreplacing the need for password entry.
Source: opennet.ru
