CVE-2017-6542

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• PuTTY < 0.68 - 'ssh_agent_channel_data' Integer Overflow Heap Corruption2017-06-07 · dos · linux · Verified

Impact

The ssh_agent_channel_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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038067
• https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ff22863d895cb7ebfced4cf923a012a614adaa8
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-03
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-09
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42137/
• 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
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038067
• https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ff22863d895cb7ebfced4cf923a012a614adaa8
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-03
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-09
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42137/