PT-2013-4899

CVE-2013-4208

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Published

2013-08-09

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 2.0
2.1
Low
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PuTTY versions prior to 0.63
Description The issue concerns the rsa verify function, which does not properly clear sensitive process memory after use and fails to free certain structures containing sensitive process memory. This could potentially allow local users to discover private RSA and DSA keys.
Recommendations For versions prior to 0.63, update to version 0.63 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
DSA-2736-1
MGASA-2013-0242
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10399-1
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