The rsa_verify function in PuTTY before 0.63 (1) does not clear sensitive process memory after use and (2) does not free certain structures containing sensitive process memory, which might allow local users to discover private RSA and DSA keys.
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-08-19T23:00:00

Updated: 2013-08-30T09:00:00

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2013-4208

JSON object: View

cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2013-08-19T23:55:08.833

Modified: 2019-03-21T17:04:58.200


Link: CVE-2013-4208

JSON object: View

cve-icon Redhat Information

No data.

CWE