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PuTTY Denial Of Service Vulnerability June15 (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Wont Fix
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with PuTTY and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to ssh dh group exchange does not verify user reply.
Affected Software
Affected Software
PuTTY version 0.64 on Windows.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.