CVE-2015-2157

Summary

CVECVE-2015-2157
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-27 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-21 17:04:00 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) ssh2_load_userkey and (2) ssh2_save_userkey functions in PuTTY 0.51 through 0.63 do not properly wipe SSH-2 private keys from memory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the memory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 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 Putty Putty 0.62 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.63 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 Putty Putty 0.62 All All All
Application Putty Putty 0.63 All All All
Application Simon Tatham Putty 0.53 All All All
Application Simon Tatham Putty 0.53 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: putty-0.64-1.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
PuTTY vulnerability private-key-not-wiped-2 CONFIRM www.chiark.greenend.org.uk Patch, Vendor Advisory
PuTTY Change Log CONFIRM www.chiark.greenend.org.uk Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3190-1 putty DEBIAN www.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:0474-1: moderate: Security update for putty SUSE lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - CVE Request: PuTTY fails to clear private key information from memory MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: putty-0.64-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PuTTY fails to clear private key information from memory MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: putty-0.64-1.fc20 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
PuTTY CVE-2015-2157 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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