CVE-2004-1008

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-1008
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-01-10 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionInteger signedness error in the ssh2_rdpkt function in PuTTY before 0.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SSH2_MSG_DEBUG packet with a modified stringlen parameter, which leads to a buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Putty Putty 0.48 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.49 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.50 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.51 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.52 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.53 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.53b All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.54 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.55 All All All
Application Tortoisecvs Tortoisecvs 1.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
iDEFENSE : Power Of Intelligence : Current Intelligence : Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com
Secunia - Advisories - PuTTY "SSH2_MSG_DEBUG" Packet Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller PuTTY Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-1.ibm.com
PuTTY Remote SSH2_MSG_DEBUG Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'PuTTY SSH client vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- PuTTY: Pre-authentication buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
PuTTY: a free telnet/ssh client af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.chiark.greenend.org.uk
Secunia - Advisories - TortoiseCVS "SSH2_MSG_DEBUG" Packet Handling Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-1.ibm.com
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