CVE-2011-4607
lowpriority · track · 8EPSS 0.004 · 35 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
PuTTY 0.59 through 0.61 does not clear sensitive process memory when managing user replies that occur during keyboard-interactive authentication, which might allow local users to read login passwords by obtaining access to the process' memory.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (4)
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also known as (3)
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references (9)
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- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499cnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500cnnvd
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.htmlcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499enisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500enisa_euvd
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499nvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500nvd
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