Description
PuTTY 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.
Published: 2013-08-23
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2736-1 putty security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4531 PuTTY 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:04:01.003Z

Reserved: 2011-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4607

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-08-23T16:55:06.907

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-4607

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