CVE-2017-6542
CVE-2017-6542
This page contains facts from public vulnerability sources. Check the original advisory before updating.
The ssh_agent_channel_data function in PuTTY before 0.68 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large length value in an agent protocol message and leveraging the ability to connect to the Unix-domain socket representing the forwarded agent connection, which trigger a buffer overflow.
CVSS 9.8 · Critical · EPSS 21.8% · Public exploit · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
putty Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 0.67-3
Update to 0.67-3
putty Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 0.67-3
Update to 0.67-3
putty Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 0.67-3
Update to 0.67-3
putty Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 0.65-2
- 0.66-1
- 0.66-2
- 0.66-3
- 0.66-4
- 0.67-1
- 0.67-2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 0.67-3build0.16.04.1
Update to 0.67-3build0.16.04.1
Original sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97156
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42137/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-03
- https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ff22863d895cb7ebfced4cf923a012a614adaa8
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038067
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-agent-fwd-overflow.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-03/msg00055.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-09
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6542