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CVE-2017-6542

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CVE-2017-6542

Published: Mar 27, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
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References

97156
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
42137
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
GLSA-201703-03
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
1038067
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
openSUSE-SU-2017:0741
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
GLSA-201706-09
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO

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