CVE-2011-4607

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4607
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-23 16:55:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-21 17:04:00 UTC
DescriptionPuTTY 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Putty Putty 0.59 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.60 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.61 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.59 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.60 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.61 All All All

References

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oss-sec: CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication MLIST seclists.org
oss-sec: Re: CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication MLIST seclists.org
PuTTY vulnerability password-not-wiped CONFIRM www.chiark.greenend.org.uk Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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