CVE-2013-4208

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4208
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-19 23:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe rsa_verify function in PuTTY before 0.63 (1) does not clear sensitive process memory after use and (2) does not free certain structures containing sensitive process memory, which might allow local users to discover private RSA and DSA keys.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Putty Putty 0.45 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.46 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.47 All All All
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 0.53b All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.54 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.55 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.56 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.57 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.58 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
Application Simon Tatham Putty 0.53 All All All
Application Simon Tatham Putty All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PuTTY vulnerability private-key-not-wiped af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.chiark.greenend.org.uk
openSUSE-SU-2013:1347-1: moderate: filezilla: 3.7.3 version and security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA54379 - Debian update for putty - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE request: three additional flaws fixed in putty 0.63 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2736-1 putty af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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