vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-6542: PuTTY: Buffer overflow
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 27, 2017 | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 27, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 13, 2025
Description
A remote attacker, utilizing the SSH agent forwarding of an SSH server,
could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the
client or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Solutions
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