CVE-2006-7162

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-7162
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-03-07 21:19:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 21:16:00 UTC
DescriptionPuTTY 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Putty Putty All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#400804 - putty-tools: puttygen can create world-readable private keys - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
PuTTY "puttygen" Insecure File Permissions - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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