Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in PuTTY SSH2_MSG_DEBUG Packet Handling

CVE-2004-1008 · HIGH Severity

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

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 to a buffer overflow.

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