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CVE-2017-6542

critical · 9.8

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.

9.8
CVSS
21.8%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2017-03-27
Published

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
puttyputty<= 0.67
opensuseleap42.2
opensuse_projectleap42.1

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References

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