CVE-2003-0048

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.

PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

PuTTY

First reported 22 years ago

2003-02-19 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:28:00

Affected Software

PuTTY 0.48

0.48

PuTTY 0.49

0.49

PuTTY 0.53

0.53

PuTTY 0.53b

0.53b

References

20030129 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 01.28.03: SSH2 Clients Insecurely Store Passwords

http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.28.03.txt

Patch, Vendor Advisory

6724

1006014

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