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CVE-2011-4607

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2011-12-12	PuTTY -- Password vulnerability

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CVE-2011-4607 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2011-4607
Phase	Assigned(20111129)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20111212 CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication
MLIST	[oss-security] 20111212 Re: CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication
CONFIRM	http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html