FKIE_CVE-2011-4607

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-08-23 16:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
putty putty 0.59
putty putty 0.60
putty putty 0.61
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-11T00:51:21.963",
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