CVE-2015-5309

Integer overflow in the terminal emulator in PuTTY before 0.66 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an ECH (erase characters) escape sequence with a large parameter value, which triggers a buffer underflow.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00099.html
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-ech-overflow.html	Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-01
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173094.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173021.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3409
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034308

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:simon_tatham:putty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2015-12-07 12:59

Updated : 2018-10-30 09:27

NVD link : CVE-2015-5309

Mitre link : CVE-2015-5309

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-189

Numeric Errors

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Products Affected

simon_tatham

putty

opensuse

opensuse
leap

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