CVE-2004-1008

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    CVE-2004-1008

    Published: 10 Jan 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/12987/, http://secunia.com/advisories/13012/, http://secunia.com/advisories/17214, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-29.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11549, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-29.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11549, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109889312917613&w=2, http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002414, http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002416, http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=155&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17886

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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