CVE-2015-2157
EPSS 0.13%putty - security update
Published: 3/27/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2157
Description
The (1) ssh2_load_userkey and (2) ssh2_save_userkey functions in PuTTY 0.51 through 0.63 do not properly wipe SSH-2 private keys from memory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the memory.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/puttyfrom 0, < 0.63-10
- Debian/puttyfrom 0, < 0.60+2010-02-20-1+squeeze3
- Debian/puttyfrom 0, < 0.62-9+deb7u2