CVE-2004-1008 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2004-1008

Integer signedness error in the ssh2_rdpkt function in PuTTY before...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

putty, tortoisecvs
Vulnerable Versions:
0.48, 0.49, 0.50, 0.51, 0.52, 0.53, 0.53b, 0.54, 0.55, 1.8

Timeline

Official Publish: December 1st, 2004
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.