CVE-2003-0048

published 2003-02-19

CVE-2003-0048: PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal…

Priority P4 9 medium 4.6 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C P I P A P

PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	putty	< putty 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1 (bookworm)	putty 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1 (bookworm)
putty	putty	—	—
putty	putty	—	—
putty	putty	—	—
putty	putty	—	—
putty	putty	>= 0 < 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1	0.53-b-2003-01-04-1
putty	putty	>= 0 < 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1	0.53-b-2003-01-04-1
putty	putty	>= 0 < 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1	0.53-b-2003-01-04-1
putty	putty	>= 0 < 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1	0.53-b-2003-01-04-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 4.6 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 4.6 MEDIUM

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