CVE-2006-7162
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-03-07 21:00
Modified
2024-09-16 17:18
Severity ?
Summary
PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by reading these files.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400804Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24381Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400804Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24381Vendor Advisory
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