CVE-2016-2563 (GCVE-0-2016-2563)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-07 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the SCP command-line utility in PuTTY before 0.67 and KiTTY 0.66.6.3 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted SCP-SINK file-size response to an SCP download request.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035257 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84296 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/22 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
Date Public
2016-03-05 00:00
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