CVE-2013-4207
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119
Buffer Errors
Publication date:
19/08/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025
Description
Buffer overflow in sshbn.c in PuTTY before 0.63 allows remote SSH servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid DSA signature that is not properly handled during computation of a modular inverse and triggers the overflow during a division by zero by the bignum functionality, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4206.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.53b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00035.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54533
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-bignum-division-by-zero.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2736
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/06/11
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00035.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54533
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-bignum-division-by-zero.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2736
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/06/11



