| Name | CVE-2019-9896 |
| Description | In PuTTY versions before 0.71 on Windows, local attackers could hijack the application by putting a malicious help file in the same directory as the executable. |
| 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 | 0.81-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| putty | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- putty <not-affected> (Only affects PuTTY specific on Windows)