Sensitive Process Memory Leakage in PuTTY 0.59 through 0.61

CVE-2011-4607 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

PuTTY 0.59 through 0.61 does not clear sensitive process memory when managing user replies that occur during keyboard-interactive authentication, which might allow local users to read login passwords by obtaining access to the process' memory.

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