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PuTTY SSH2 authentication password persistence weakness
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Windows
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
PuTTY is a free SSH client. It has been reported that this version does not safely handle password information. As a result, a local user may be able to recover authentication passwords.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the newest version of PuTTY