UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5309

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5309
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5309.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5309
Related
Published
2015-12-07T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:10Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Integer overflow in the terminal emulator in PuTTY before 0.66 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an ECH (erase characters) escape sequence with a large parameter value, which triggers a buffer underflow.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / putty

Package

Name
putty
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/putty@0.66-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.66-1

Affected versions

0.*

0.65-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.66-1",
            "binary_name": "pterm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.66-1",
            "binary_name": "pterm-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.66-1",
            "binary_name": "putty"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.66-1",
            "binary_name": "putty-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.66-1",
            "binary_name": "putty-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.66-1",
            "binary_name": "putty-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.66-1",
            "binary_name": "putty-tools-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}