| Name | CVE-2011-4607 |
| Description | PuTTY 0.59 through 0.61 does not clear sensitive process memory when managing user replies that occur during keyboard-interactive authentication, which might allow local users to read login passwords by obtaining access to the process' memory. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| putty (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.63-10+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.67-3+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.74-1+deb11u1~deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.74-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 0.74-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.78-2+deb12u2 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 0.78-2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.82-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| putty | source | squeeze | 0.60+2010-02-20-1+squeeze2 | | | |
| putty | source | (unstable) | 0.62-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
DSA-2736-1
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html
Hardening measure, not a vulnerability