CVE-2005-0467
N/A
Published: February 21, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPuTTY
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) sftp_pkt_getstring and (2) fxp_readdir_recv functions in the PSFTP and PSCP clients for PuTTY 0.56, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote malicious web sites to execute arbitrary code via SFTP responses that corrupt the heap after insufficient memory has been allocated.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14333
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-readdir.html
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-string.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-28.xml
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=201&type=vulnerabilities
References (9)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/14333x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002414x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002416x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-readdir.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-string.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-28.xmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=201&type=vulnerabilitiesQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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