{"id":"CVE-2017-6542","details":"The ssh_agent_channel_data function in PuTTY before 0.68 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large length value in an agent protocol message and leveraging the ability to connect to the Unix-domain socket representing the forwarded agent connection, which trigger a buffer overflow.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:16:36.676636Z","published":"2017-03-27T17:59:00.850Z","related":["MGASA-2017-0093","openSUSE-SU-2024:11201-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038067"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ff22863d895cb7ebfced4cf923a012a614adaa8"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42137/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-03/msg00055.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97156"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-03"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-09"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-agent-fwd-overflow.html"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6542.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"0.67"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"42.2"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"42.1"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}