CVE-2006-7162

Summary

PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by reading these files.

Impact & exploitability

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400804 ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400804Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24381Advisory