CVE-2011-4607
PuTTY 0.59-0.61 - Sensitive Memory Exposure via Keyboard-Interactive Authentication
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0041
EPSS Percentile
32.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (3)
putty/putty
0.59
putty/putty
0.60
putty/putty
0.61
Published
Aug 23, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026