Software Update: WinSCP 5.9.5

Version 5.9.5 of WinSCP has been released. This open source program allows files to be copied between two computers in a secure way. The program supports ftp, secure ftp and the older scpprotocol. WinSCP is not only available as a standalone program, but also as plugin for the file managers FAR and Altap Salamander. In this release, among other things, PuTTY has been updated to version 0.68. The complete changelog looks like this:

Changes in version 5.9.5:

• SSH core and private key tools (PuTTYgen and Pageant) upgraded to PuTTY 0.68. It brings the following change:
  • Security fix: an integer overflow bug in the agent forwarding code. vuln-agent-fwd-overflow
• Translation completed: Traditional Chinese.
• Translation updated: Icelandic.
• De-duplicating Duplicate Session and Disconnect accelerators in Session menu. 1512
• De-duplicating Quit and Queue accelerators in Commands menu. 1516
• Increased length limit of host name. 1517
• Bug fix: Failure when reloading non-current directory expanded in remote directory tree. 1514
• Bug fix: Failure when moving Download and Delete operation to background. 1462