CVE-2017-6542
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6542
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6542.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6542
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-03-27T17:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The sshagentchannel_data function in PuTTY before 0.68 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large length value in an agent protocol message and leveraging the ability to connect to the Unix-domain socket representing the forwarded agent connection, which trigger a buffer overflow.
- References
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-03/msg00055.html
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-agent-fwd-overflow.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97156
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-09
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038067
- https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ff22863d895cb7ebfced4cf923a012a614adaa8
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42137/