CVE-2013-4208 describes a memory management vulnerability in PuTTY versions prior to 0.63, affecting both PuTTY and Simon Tatham PuTTY. The flaw involves the rsa_verify function failing to clear or free sensitive process memory containing private RSA and DSA keys after use. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability is considered low severity, requiring local access for an attacker to potentially discover sensitive key material. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.45CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.46CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.47CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.48CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.49CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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