Info

Disclosure

Aug 04, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Aug 04, 2004

Solution

Aug 03, 2004

Description

PuTTy contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered when an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a client during authentication. It is possible that the flaw may allow the attacker to compromise and execute arbitrary code resulting in a loss of confidentiality, and integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.55 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Simon Tatham	PuTTY	0.45
		0.46
		0.47
		0.49
		0.50
		0.51
		0.52
		0.53
		0.54
		0.48
		0.53b

References

Bugtraq ID: 10850
Secunia Advisory ID: 12212 12213
ISS X-Force ID: 16885
CVE ID: 2004-1440 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 777
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-04.xml
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-modpow.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=417&idxseccion=10 [ Link is 404 ]

Credit

CORE Security - advisoriescoresecurity.com - Core Security Technologies

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/8299

Info

Disclosure

Discovery

Dates

Exploit

Solution

Description

Classification

Solution

Products

Simon Tatham

PuTTY

References

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