CVE-2017-6542

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
22.153

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
update putty 0.67 to latest versionWindows
update putty 0.67 (x64) to latest versionWindows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-337645PuTTY (0.81)
PATCH-337646PuTTY (x64) (0.81)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234