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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.803880
Category:General
Title:PuTTY Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:PuTTY is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
PuTTY is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The Flaw is due to improper handling of session passwords that
were stored in the memory during the keyboard-interactive authentication

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow local attackers to read the
passwords within the memory in clear text until the program stops running.

Affected Software/OS:
PuTTY versions 0.59 through 0.61 on Windows

Solution:
Update to version 0.62 or later.

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4607
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500
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