CVE-2011-4607 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2013-08-23

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.59:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.60:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.61:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-2736-1	putty security update
EUVD	EUVD-2011-4531	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00408.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Putty Putty

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-08-23T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:04:01.003Z

Reserved: 2011-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4607

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-08-23T16:55:06.907

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:35:08.090

Link: CVE-2011-4607

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2013-08-23T16:00:00.000Z", "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749", "shortName": "redhat"}, "references": [{"name": "[oss-security] 20111212 Re: CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST"], "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20111212 CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST"], "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2011-4607", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "[oss-security] 20111212 Re: CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20111212 CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499"}, {"name": "http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T00:09:19.403Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "[oss-security] 20111212 Re: CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20111212 CVE request: putty does not wipe keyboard-interactive replies from memory after authentication", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749", "assignerShortName": "redhat", "cveId": "CVE-2011-4607", "datePublished": "2013-08-23T16:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2011-11-29T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-09-16T18:04:01.003Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "secalert@redhat.com"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "8B33EB10-535F-42F2-8F78-CE128A89447C", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "218F9EAF-C260-43EC-99C4-EFACA9A1DA8D", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "5966235B-2F1A-45C5-AF65-99FFFE4725DF", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "PuTTY v0.59 hasta v0.61 no borra la memoria de procesos sensibles en la gesti\u00f3n de las respuestas del usuario que se producen durante la autenticaci\u00f3n interactiva por teclado, lo que podr\u00eda permitir a usuarios locales leer las contrase\u00f1as de inicio de sesi\u00f3n mediante la obtenci\u00f3n de acceso a la memoria del proceso."}], "id": "CVE-2011-4607", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:35:08.090", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "LOW", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 2.1, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2013-08-23T16:55:06.907", "references": [{"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499"}, {"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500"}, {"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html"}], "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-119"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}