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CVE-2017-6542

critical 9.8

The ssh_agent_channel_data function in PuTTY before 0.68 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large length value in an agent protocol message and leveraging the ability to connect to the Unix-domain socket representing the forwarded agent connection, which trigger a buffer overflow.

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Details

Status
Modified
Published
Last changed
Source
cve@mitre.org
Weakness
CWE-119

Severity

VersionScoreVectorSource
CVSS 3.0 critical 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H nvd@nist.govPrimary
CVSS 2.0 high 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P nvd@nist.govPrimary

Affected products

Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.

References