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WinSCP Integer Overflow Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
10 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with WinSCP and is prone to integer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Flaw is due to improper validation of message lengths in the getstring() function in sshrsa.c and sshdss.c when handling negative SSH handshake.
Affected Software
Affected Software
WinSCP version before 5.1.6 on Windows
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to version 5.1.6 or later.