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PuTTY < 0.75 DoS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
PuTTY is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Remote servers are allowed to cause a denial of service (Windows GUI hang) by telling the PuTTY window to change its title repeatedly at high speed, which results in many SetWindowTextA or SetWindowTextW calls.
Affected Software
Affected Software
PuTTY before version 0.75.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 0.75 or later.