KLA11441 OSI vulnerability in PuTTy

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in PuTTY. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability locally to obtain sensitive information.

Original advisories

PuTTY vulnerability password-not-wiped

Related products

PuTTY

CVE list

CVE-2011-4607 warning

Solution

Update to the latest version

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Impacts

• OSI

Obtain sensitive information. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to capturing by abuser information, critical for user or system.

Affected Products

• PuTTY 0.59 through 0.61