CVE-2016-2563

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2563
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-07 23:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-03 03:25:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the SCP command-line utility in PuTTY before 0.67 and KiTTY 0.66.6.3 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted SCP-SINK file-size response to an SCP download request.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application 9bis Kitty All All All All
Application Simon Tatham Putty All All All All

References

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Full Disclosure: CVE-2016-2563 - PuTTY/PSCP <=0.66 buffer overflow - vuln-pscp-sink-sscanf FULLDISC seclists.org
pub/pocs/cve-2016-2563 at master · tintinweb/pub · GitHub MISC github.com Vendor Advisory
PuTTY CVE-2016-2563 Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:1453-1: moderate: Security update for putty SUSE lists.opensuse.org
PuTTY Buffer Overflow in SCP Sink Protocol Lets Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
PuTTY vulnerability vuln-pscp-sink-sscanf CONFIRM www.chiark.greenend.org.uk Patch
PuTTY: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201606-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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