Out-of-Bounds Affecting putty package, versions [0.59,0.61]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PUTTY-2368671
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Aug 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Aug 2013

CVE-2011-4607  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for putty.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. PuTTY 0.59 through 0.61 does not clear sensitive process memory when managing user replies that occur during keyboard-interactive authentication, which might allow local users to read login passwords by obtaining access to the process' memory.

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