CVE-2016-2563: Buffer Overflow
First published: Thu Apr 07 2016(Updated: )
Stack-based buffer overflow in the SCP command-line utility in PuTTY before 0.67 and KiTTY 0.66.6.3 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted SCP-SINK file-size response to an SCP download request.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| 9bis Kitty | <=0.66.6.3 | |
| Simon Tatham Putty | <=0.66 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00131.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/22
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-pscp-sink-sscanf.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035257
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-2563
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-01
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/remedy
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- agent/description
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/9bis
- canonical/9bis kitty
- version/9bis kitty/0.66.6.3
- vendor/simon tatham
- canonical/simon tatham putty
- version/simon tatham putty/0.66