CVE-2004-1008
HIGH severity · CVSS 10
10CVSS HIGH
Summary
Integer signedness error in the ssh2_rdpkt function in PuTTY before 0.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SSH2_MSG_DEBUG packet with a modified stringlen parameter, which leads to a buffer overflow.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-29.xml ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-29.xmlPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109889312917613&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12987/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13012/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17214
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002414
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002416
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/