Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2011-4607

Description

PuTTY 0.59 through 0.61 does not clear sensitive process memory when managing user replies that occur during keyboard-interactive authentication, which might allow local users to read login passwords by obtaining access to the process' memory.

Affected products

Putty/Putty3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499nvd
seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500nvd

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