CVE-2004-1008
Integer signedness error in the ssh2_rdpkt function in PuTTY before 0.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SSH2_MSG_DEBUG packet with a modified stringlen parameter, which leads
02 Description
Integer signedness error in the ssh2_rdpkt function in PuTTY before 0.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SSH2_MSG_DEBUG packet with a modified stringlen parameter, which leads
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-12-01 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-11-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ed9325a25b5c6ebd10d0e9e5c34fc0de2b7294ba06d9688ca23c7bf0393597a8
05 Affected products
06 References
- www-1.ibm.comhttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002414
- secunia.com13012http://secunia.com/advisories/13012/
- www.idefense.com20041027 PuTTY SSH2_MSG_DEBUG Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=155&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
- www.chiark.greenend.org.ukhttp://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.computty-ssh2msgdebug-bo(17886)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17886
- secunia.com12987http://secunia.com/advisories/12987/
- www.securityfocus.com11549http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11549
- marc.info20041027 PuTTY SSH client vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109889312917613&w=2
- www-1.ibm.comhttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002416
- secunia.com17214http://secunia.com/advisories/17214
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200410-29http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-29.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- putty Fixed in 0.56-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- putty Fixed in 0.56-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- putty Fixed in 0.56-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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