CVE-2017-6542
critical · 9.8The 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| putty | putty | <= 0.67 |
| opensuse | leap | 42.2 |
| opensuse_project | leap | 42.1 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-03/msg00055.html
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-agent-fwd-overflow.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97156
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038067
- https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ff22863d895cb7ebfced4cf923a012a614adaa8
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-09
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42137/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-03/msg00055.html
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-agent-fwd-overflow.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97156
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038067
- https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ff22863d895cb7ebfced4cf923a012a614adaa8
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-09
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42137/
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2017-6542