CVE-2005-0467
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
02 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
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
- 3.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.4% 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
- 2005-02-21 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-02-18
- 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
- 641f63a9a6ec7b59cb28ccb6eeaec041790155a2d58e9548f91fc634f7803596
05 Affected products
06 References
- www-1.ibm.comhttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002414
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.computty-sftppktgetstring-bo(19403)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19403
- www.idefense.com20050221 Multiple PuTTY SFTP Client Packet Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerabilitieshttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=201&type=vulnerabilities
- secunia.com14333http://secunia.com/advisories/14333
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200502-28http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-28.xml
- www-1.ibm.comhttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002416
- www.chiark.greenend.org.ukhttp://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-readdir.html
- www.chiark.greenend.org.ukhttp://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-string.html
- secunia.com17214http://secunia.com/advisories/17214
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- putty Fixed in 0.57-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- putty Fixed in 0.57-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- putty Fixed in 0.57-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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