CVE-2013-4206

Medium

Description

Heap-based buffer underflow in the modmul function in sshbn.c in PuTTY before 0.63 allows remote SSH servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly trigger memory corruption or code execution via a crafted DSA signature, which is not properly handled when performing certain bit-shifting operations during modular multiplication.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductPutty
PublishedAug 19, 2013
First seenAug 19, 2013

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
putty putty0.45, 0.46, 0.47, 0.48, 0.49, 0.50, 0.51, 0.52, 0.53b, 0.54, 0.55, 0.56, 0.57, 0.58, 0.59, 0.60, 0.61, 2010-06-01—
simon_tatham puttyv ≤ 0.62, 0.53—

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