CVE-2017-6542 (GCVE-0-2017-6542)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-27 17:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:33
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-03/msg00055.html Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-agent-fwd-overflow.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97156 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038067
cve@mitre.org https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ff22863d895cb7ebfced4cf923a012a614adaa8
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-03 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-09
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42137/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-03/msg00055.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-agent-fwd-overflow.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97156 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038067
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ff22863d895cb7ebfced4cf923a012a614adaa8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-03 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-09
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42137/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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