Security Advisory

CVE-2015-2157

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2015-03-27 14:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 05:10:14
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The (1) ssh2_load_userkey and (2) ssh2_save_userkey functions in PuTTY 0.51 through 0.63 do not properly wipe SSH-2 private keys from memory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the memory.