CVE-2011-4607

Published: Aug 23, 2013

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20111212 Re: CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication

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[oss-security] 20111212 CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication

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http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html

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CVE-2011-4607

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