CVE-2004-1008 (GCVE-0-2004-1008)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-12-01 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Integer signedness error in the ssh2_rdpkt function in PuTTY before 0.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SSH2_MSG_DEBUG packet with a modified stringlen parameter, which leads to a buffer overflow.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/12987/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109889312917613&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/17214 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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Date Public
2004-10-27 00:00
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