CVE-2006-7162 — Putty vulnerability

5 documents5 sources
Severity
1.9LOWNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PuttyDebian Putty
Timeline
PublishedMar 7
Latest updateMay 1

Description

PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by reading these files.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/putty< putty 0.59-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianputty/putty< 0.59-1+3
▶NVDputty/putty0.59

Patches

Patch: bugs.debian.org ↗Patch: bugs.debian.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-72fv-g98m-465j: PuTTY 0↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2006-7162: PuTTY 0↗2007-03-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2006-7162: putty - PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing p...↗2006
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-7162: putty <= 0.59 file permissions issues↗2007-03-10
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