CVE-2020-14002

Description

PuTTY 0.68 through 0.73 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client).

Risk Information

Base Score
5.9
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.746

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities affected in PuTTY (x64) 0.73Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities affected in PuTTY 0.73Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-314846PuTTY (x64) (0.74)
PATCH-314845PuTTY (0.74)

References

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