CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-4208

2.1 LOW Published 2013-08-19 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-08-19
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

The rsa_verify function in PuTTY before 0.63 (1) does not clear sensitive process memory after use and (2) does not free certain structures containing sensitive process memory, which might allow local users to discover private RSA and DSA keys.

Affected configurations

• putty putty 0.45 • putty putty 0.46 • putty putty 0.47 • putty putty 0.48 • putty putty 0.49 • putty putty 0.50 • putty putty 0.51 • putty putty 0.52 • putty putty 0.53b • putty putty 0.54 • putty putty 0.55 • putty putty 0.56 • putty putty 0.57 • putty putty 0.58 • putty putty 0.59 • putty putty 0.60 • putty putty 0.61 • simon tatham putty (<= 0.62) • simon tatham putty 0.53

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References