Putty vulnerability

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Does FreeFileSync use PuTTY?

A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-31497 in PuTTY 0.68 though 0.80 could potentially allow attackers with access to 60 cryptographic signatures to recover the private key used for their generation. PuTTY is a popular open-source terminal emulator, serial console, and network file transfer application that supports SSH (Secure Shell), Telnet, SCP (Secure Copy Protocol), and SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol). Read more (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/putty-ssh-client-flaw-allows-recovery-of-cryptographic-private-keys/#google_vignette)
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