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CVE-2013-4208

Published: 19 August 2013

The rsa_verify function in PuTTY before 0.63 (1) does not clear sensitive process memory after use and (2) does not free certain structures containing sensitive process memory, which might allow local users to discover private RSA and DSA keys.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
putty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise
Released (0.62-6ubuntu0.1)
quantal
Released (0.62-9ubuntu0.1)
raring
Released (0.62-10ubuntu0.1)
upstream
Released (0.63)