CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-2157

2.1 LOW Published 2015-03-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-03-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
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 (1) ssh2_load_userkey and (2) ssh2_save_userkey functions in PuTTY 0.51 through 0.63 do not properly wipe SSH-2 private keys from memory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the memory.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 7.0 • fedoraproject fedora 20 • fedoraproject fedora 22 • opensuse opensuse 13.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.2 • 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 • putty putty 0.62 • putty putty 0.63 • simon tatham putty 0.53

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References