AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499
seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html