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PuTTY < 0.55 modpow Function Arbitrary Code Execution

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1998

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is using a vulnerable version of PuTTY or of a PuTTY-based software (eg. PSCP or WinSCP). PuTTY is a SSH client built for Linux and UNIX variants as well as Microsoft Windows operating systems. Reportedly PuTTY is affected by a remote, pre-authentication memory corruption vulnerability and by a buffer overrun in its SCP client.

Solution

Upgrade to PuTTY 0.55 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1998

Family: SSH

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:putty:putty

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1440

BID: 10870, 10850